166 g. e. j. nixon 



The GRANDICULUS-Groxjf 



Species of slender build. Propodeum without either areola or median keel but 

 with some rugae radiating from the posterior orifice ; in the Madagascan seyrigi, 

 these rugae vaguely indicate a wide-bottomed areola. Inner spur of the hind tibia 

 not or hardly reaching the middle of the basal segment of the tarsus. Basella of the 

 hind wing always deeply incurved on the vannal lobe side so that the submediellan 

 cell is always markedly different in shape from that found in the merula-gvoup 

 (Text-fig. 160) ; cubitellan cell at least as wide as high (Text-fig. 180). 



Tergite i always strongly narrowed behind and much like that of the merula- 

 gvoup in general appearance and sculpture. Median field of tergite (2 + 3) much 

 less transverse than in the merula-gvowp (Text-fig. 166) and see Text-fig. 179. 

 Ovipositor sheath at least one and two thirds as long as the hind tibia. 



Old World. The group seems natural and the species are very much alike in 

 general facies. 



Key to Species 

 Females 



1 Mesoscutum very obviously and sharply punctate ; lateral polished zone of scutellum 



pushed far forwards so that the furrow between itself and the disc of the scutellum is 

 parallel-sided for a long distance or even slightly constricted at middle ; median field 

 of tergite (2 + 3) not less than half as long as the rest of the tergite ... 2 



— Mesoscutum polished, impunctate and with a rather loose, silky pubescence ; 

 median field of tergite (2 + 3) hardly one third as long as the rest of the tergite and 

 with sharply drawn out lateral angles ; lateral polished zone of scutellum much less 

 pushed forwards so that the furrow between itself and the disc of the scutellum is 

 nowhere parallel-sided. 



Hind femur red ; inner spur of the hind tibia hardly two fifths as long as the basal 

 segment of the tarsus ........ etnesa sp. n. (p. 169) 



2 Stigma evenly brown ; median field of tergite (2 + 3) slightly less transverse ; 



abscissa 1 of the radius not or hardly longer than the transverse cubitus and forming 



a distinct angle with it .......... . 3 



- Stigma pale with darker border ; median field of tergite (2 + 3) slightly more 



transverse ; abscissa 1 of the radius obviously longer than the transverse cubitus 



and hardly forming an angle with it ....... . 4 



3 Stigma emitting radius very distinctly distal to middle ; stigma narrower 



orsedice sp. n. (p. 167) 



- Stigma emitting radius hardly distal to middle ; stigma broader 



conopiae Watanabe (p. 167) 



4 Hind coxa blackened ; hind tarsus hardly darker than the red tibia 



grandiculus Wilkinson (p. 166) 



- Hind coxa bright red ; hind tarsus infuscate and much more in contrast with the red 



tibia .......... seyrigi Wilkinson (p. 169) 



Apanteles grandiculus Wilkinson 

 A panteles grandiculus Wilkinson, 1929a : no. 



$. Wings hyaline without milky tint ; most of the venation proximal to the areolet faintly 

 pigmented ; tegula testaceous. Gaster brown rather than black. 



