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narrower ; 1st abscissa of the radius and the transverse cubitus distinctly angled at their junc- 

 tion ; metacarp shorter, its distance from the apex of the radial cell nearly equal to the 1st 

 abscissa of the radius. 



Horizontal part of tergite 1 smooth, shining, but with scattered punctures where it turns over 

 and a narrow band of rugosity across the apical margin (Text-fig. 191). Ovipositor sheath as long 

 as the hind tibia ; ovipositor evenly curved throughout, rather thick. 



Length: ca. 3 mm. without ovipositor. 



Malaya : Penang, Balik Pulau, 1.1948, 6 $$, one the TYPE, labelled " ex pupa 

 Indarbela sp. ". This host record is not likely to be correct. 

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



Were it not for the form of the vannal lobe, this species could not be excluded from 

 the laevigatus-group. 



Apanteles calycinae Wilkinson 



Apanteles calycinae Wilkinson, 1928a : 113. 



$. Colour of legs like that of mycetophilus. 



Face with only the merest trace of punctation. Antenna as long as the body, rather thin and 

 of weak build ; the preapical segment a little longer than wide. 



Sculpture of mesoscutum hardly different from that of mycetophilus. Lateral, polished zone 

 of scutellum more pushed forwards than in mycetophilus and much more so than in inunctus. 

 Propodeum without punctation across its brow. Venation like that of inunctus. 



Tergite 1 (Text-fig. 195) finely, vaguely rugose towards apex ; the tip smooth, polished right 

 across, the polished zone slightly transverse. Ovipositor sheath nearly one and a half times 

 longer than the hind tibia. 



Length: ca. 2-3 mm. without ovipositor, a much smaller sp© Les than either mycetophilus or 

 inunctus. 



India : Dehra Dun. 



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



Host : Lepidopteron on Kydia calycina (Malvaceae) and Shorea robusta (Dipter- 

 aceae) . 



This is another species in which the vannal lobe beyond its widest part has a 

 perfectly straight edge and is here without a trace of projecting hairs. It differs 

 strikingly from both mycetophilus and inunctus in the shape of the 1st tergite but in 

 most other respects calycinae is much like these two species. 



Apanteles diaphantus sp. n. 



$. In addition to its bright yellow legs and predominantly yellow gaster, this little species has 

 the scape yellow and the flagellum brownish. Tergite 1 is blackish with a dull reddish suffusion 

 along and more specially towards base. Wings hyaline ; stigma dark brown. 



Head not strongly transverse and above having a highly polished appearance ; face polished, 

 smooth. Antenna distinctly shorter than the body, very slightly tapered apically and with the 

 preapical segment about one and a half times longer than wide ; convex part of scape clothed 

 with unusually long hairs (Text-fig. 197) ; flagellum also conspicuously hairy by comparison with 

 the foregoing three species. 



Mesoscutum highly shining ; in front (declivous part) closely punctate ; posteriorly becoming 

 smooth, almost impunctate. Disc of scutellum flattened, polished ; lateral, polished field of 



