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19 Metacarp fully five times as long as its distance from the apex of the radial cell ; 1st 



abscissa of the discoideus not longer than the nervulus and forming with it a 

 straight, colourless vein (Text-fig. 175). 



Distance between the posterior ocelli very distinctly shorter than the distance 

 between one of them and the eye-margin. Malaya . . jason sp. n. (p. 162) 



- Metacarp at most about three and a quarter times longer than its distance from the 



apex of the radial cell ; 1st abscissa of the discoideus very distinctly longer than the 

 nervulus and not forming with it a straight colourless vein. .... 20 



20 Metacarp about two and a half times longer than its distance from the apex of the 



radial cell ; segments 16-17 °f the antenna hardly longer than wide. Europe 



merula Reinhard (p. 159) 



- Metacarp about three and a quarter times longer than its distance from the apex of 



the radial cell ; antenna slightly longer, segments 16-17 being about one and one 

 third times longer than wide. Europe . . . meruloides sp. n. (p. 160) 



Apanteles typhon sp. n. 



9- Hind tibia becoming faintly paler towards basal third ; hind tarsus dark throughout. 



Face dull, finely punctate. Head in a facial view more or less circular. Temples dull, finely, 

 sharply punctate. Distance between the posterior ocelli very slightly less than the distance 

 between one of them and the eye-margin, 8:9. Preapical segment of the antenna hardly one 

 and a quarter times longer than wide ; pubescence of flagellum hardly noticeable. 



Mesoscutum finely, densely, evenly punctate and somewhat dull. Disc of scutellum finely, 

 closely punctate. Spines of the upper part of the outer side of the hind tibia dense and somewhat 

 overlapping. Nervellus of the hind wing virtually straight where it meets the submediella. 

 Propodeum in greater part almost smooth. 



Horizontal part of tergite 1 polished medially, punctate along sides. Ovipositor sheath about 

 one and one third times longer than the hind tibia (this measurement taken from the female from 

 Nelspruit ; sheaths absent in type) ; ovipositor straight except an apical sinuation, like that of 

 briaveus (cf. Text-fig. 168). 



Length: ca. 3 mm. without ovipositor. 



Africa : Togoland, Kreosu, i.1925, 1 $, the TYPE, labelled " pest of cotton ", 

 (G. S. Cotterell) ; S. Africa : Nelspruit, 3 $$, 2 £<$, ex larva of false codling moth, 

 (? Argyroploce leucotreta Meyrick). 



Type in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



Essentially characterized by the absence of a propodeal keel and the sinuate apex 

 of ovipositor. A similar sinuation is equally well developed in the Australian 

 briar eus. 



Apanteles briareus sp. n. 



$. Hind tibia blackish on apical half ; proximally becoming first faintly reddish and then, 

 on basal quarter, bright yellow ; hind tarsus blackish, except that the basal segment is yellow at 

 extreme base ; the single female from the New Hebrides has the hind tibia entirely blackened 

 except for yellow basal fifth. Stigma evenly dark brown. 



Head rather small relative to the size of the thorax ; in a facial view not in the least sub- 

 triangular ; very shiny, indistinctly punctate. Temples shiny, faintly roughened. Distance 

 between the posterior ocelli equal to the distance between one of them and the eye-margin. 

 Antenna long, powerful, with the preapical segment almost twice as long as wide. 



Mesoscutum shiny, but very sharply, discretely and distinctly punctate. Disc of scutellum 

 with a few punctures along sides. Propodeum without trace of a keel ; punctate anteriorly but 



