178 G. E. J. NIXON 



This species and iriarte are in need of further study and more material is required 

 before the differences between them can be satisfactorily established. 



Apanteles anticlea sp. n. 



A species more closely related to mycetophilus than to the calycinae-iriarte-statius 

 complex and altogether distinctive. 



$. Front and middle legs, apart from their coxae, bright yellow ; hind tibia infuscate but 

 becoming paler on about basal third ; hind tarsus yellow throughout ; hind femur brown with 

 paler tip. Scape in greater part yellow. Stigma dark brown as in mycetophilus. 



Head strongly transverse. Vertex between ocelli and eye-margin smooth, with a satin-like 

 sheen. The polished occiput is rather sharply marked off from the faintly dull, very finely rugose 

 temples. Antenna broken ; segment 15 about one and a half times longer than wide ; flagellum 

 with somewhat bristly pubescence. 



Mesoscutum strongly shining, with a weak, shallow punctation. Disc of scutellum strongly 

 shining, polished except for a few, fine setiferous punctures. Metapleurum highly polished, 

 impunctate. Venation hardly distinguishable from that of mycetophilus ; edge of vannal lobe 

 beyond its widest part imperceptibly concave and here without trace of fringe or projecting hairs. 

 Hind coxa relatively larger than in mycetophilus, highly polished and almost without pubescence; 

 hind tibia densely spinose but the spines along upper part shorter, less upstanding than those on 

 lower part ; hind tarsus short, thick, somewhat tapering apically. 



Tergite 1 conspicuously grooved on each side as seen from above (Text-fig. 185) ; its hori- 

 zontal surface finely roughened and with small, scattered punctures. Ovipositor sheath about 

 one and one third times longer than the hind tibia ; ovipositor rather thin, straight but down- 

 curved at apex. 



Length: ca. 3-2 mm. without ovipositor. 



Borneo : Sandakan, 1 $, the TYPE, {Baker). 

 Type in the U.S. National Museum. 



Important for the recognition of this species is the colour and general appearance 

 of tergite 1 in combination with the highly polished propodeum. 



The two following species — odites and inops — form a natural unit, not at all closely 

 related to any of the other elements in this somewhat artificial assemblage of species 

 that I call the mycetophilu s-group. Their main characters have been given in the 

 first half of couplet 1 in the key. Both have small, inconspicuous claws. 



Apanteles odites sp. n. 



$. Legs, except the hind coxae, entirely yellow ; hind tarsus very faintly infuscate. Scape 

 in greater part yellow. Wings faintly tinged with brown. Gaster predominantly yellowish- 

 brown . 



Face thickly, conspicuously punctate. Vertex between the ocelli and the eye margin sharply, 

 discretely punctate, the punctures a little finer towards the frons ; vertex between the ocelli and 

 the rather small, polished occipital region with strong, sharp punctation. Antenna broken but 

 the fifteen existing segments indicate that it is fully as long as the body ; segment 15 fully twice 

 as long as wide ; flagellum decidedly bristly. 



Mesoscutum with a dull satin-like sheen ; thickly punctate, the punctures well separated, 

 even along the course of the notaulices where they are slightly larger. Upper part of the 

 propodeum with sharp, large punctures ; around the orifice a considerable amount of rugosity, 

 suggesting the beginnings of a U-shaped areola. Metacarp extremely long, almost closing their 



