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shining and with only a very superficial punctation that posteriorly tends to fade 



out altogether ....... calycinae Wilkinson (p. 175) 



- Vannal lobe beyond its widest part very slightly convex and here with minute pro- 



jecting hairs that are well separated ; hind femur brown ; mesoscutum faintly 

 dull, with a fine, dense punctation that does not fade out posteriorly . . . 11 



1 1 Face more shiny and without clear indication of punctation ; antenna about as long 



as the body ; tergite 1 more strongly narrowed behind . . iriarte sp. n. (p. 176) 



- Face less shiny and with clear indication of fine punctation ; antenna shorter than 



the body ; tergite 1 less narrowed behind .... statius sp. n. (p. 176) 



Apanteles tnycetophilus Wilkinson 



Apanteles mycetophilus Wilkinson, 1931a : 76. 



$. Hind femur entirely yellow ; hind tibia becoming infuscate distal to middle. Wings 

 almost hyaline ; stigma dark brown. Antennal scape obscurely yellow. 



Head strongly transverse (Text-fig. 192). Face somewhat flattened, shiny and with hardly a 

 trace of punctation. Temples somewhat shiny and with weak punctation. Antenna a little 

 shorter than the body ; preapical segment about one and one third times longer than wide ; 

 flagellar pubescence somewhat bristly. 



Mesoscutum strongly shining, with very small, mostly well separated punctures ; punctation 

 tending to fade out on posterior half. Propodeum on the whole smooth, shining, except for 

 traces of punctation across the brow and some short rugae radiating from the posterior orifice. 

 No angle between the 1st abscissa of the radius and the transverse cubitus ; vannal lobe beyond 

 its widest part very slightly concave and here without trace of projecting hairs. Hind tibia rather 

 densely spinose. 



Tergite 1 and 2 (Text-fig. 187) ; tergite 1 punctate and with faint rugosity on each side at apex, 

 more coarsely sculptured against the polished tip. Ovipositor sheath about one and one third 

 times longer than the hind tibia ; ovipositor straight but downcurved at apex. 



Length: ca. 3-5 mm. without ovipositor. 



India : Dandeli, N. Kanara, Bombay. 

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



Host : The type series is labelled " ex fungus ". 



Distinct from all the other species I include in the group on the shape of the basal 

 tergites of the gaster. In general fades, mycetophilus is remarkably like Micro- 

 gaster parasitellae Bouche and is another example of the confusing convergence 

 occurring among species in widely different groups of Apanteles and Microgaster, s.L. 



Apanteles inunctus sp. n. 



$. Evidently closely related to mycetophilus from which it differs on the shape of the 1st 

 tergite. Other differences follows: — 



Legs much more brightly yellow ; hind tibia without apical infuscation, whitish at base ; hind 

 tarsus yellow, the basal segment whitish basally. Scape bright yellow. 



Face more shiny and markedly punctate, lacking the flattened appearance of mycetophilus and 

 with a distinct blister-like swelling above the clypeus. Flagellar pubescence less bristly. 



Mesoscutum much more strongly and more distinctly punctate, the punctures larger and 

 deeper. Lateral, polished zone of the scutellum less pushed forwards than in mycetophilus so that 

 the rugose furrow between itself and the disc of the scutellum is nowhere parallel-sided. Spines 

 of the outer side of the hind tibia finer, less dense, less upstanding, pale golden yellow. Stigma 



