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Eyes very strongly convergent below (Text-fig. 212) ; mesoscutum and scutellum dull, 

 rugose-punctate ; a large striate-rugose sternaulus present. 



Median field of tergite (2 + 3) large, subquadrate, coarsely striate-rugose and 

 almost as long as the rest of the segment beyond it (Text-fig. 203) ; ovipositor 

 sheath about three quarters as long as the hind tibia ; labial palpus short, in- 

 conspicuous ......... butalidis Marshall 20 



Europe. Type in the Bignell Collection, Plymouth, England. 



Host: Bred abundantly in England, Dorset, Portland by R. L. E. Ford from 

 Scythris senescens Stn. (Scythridae). 

 Eyes at most weakly convergent below and then the median field of tergite (2 + 3) is 

 much shorter ; mesoscutum at most finely punctate ; sternaulus indicated only by a 

 polished depression ........... 3 



Ovipositor sheath very short, hardly longer than the hind basitarsus and projecting 

 beyond the apex of the gaster by a distance about equal to the 3rd segment of the 

 hind tarsus ; tergite 1 short, slightly transverse, widened behind (Text-fig. 206). 



Flagellum becoming yellowish on basal half ; hind coxa yellow but darkened at 

 base on outer side ; flagellum slightly thickened at middle, its preapical segment 

 about one and one third times longer than wide ; occiput rather deeply scooped out 

 behind the ocelli, the polished depression contrasting sharply with the dull, rugulose 

 temples and vertex .......... dion sp. n. 



Europe: Czechoslovakia, Moravia, Mohelno, 1 + , the TYPE, (Z. Boucek). Type 

 in the National Museum, Prague. 



This is a highly aberrant species and I am not satisfied that I am correct in placing 

 it in the butalidis-group. 

 Ovipositor sheath much longer, at least three quarters as long as the hind tibia ; ter- 

 gite 1 longer than wide and at least slightly narrowed behind. 



Legs predominantly dark, the hind coxa and hind femur blackish ... 4 



Ovipositor sheath very slightly longer than the hind tibia. 



Hind tibia brownish yellow but becoming darkened on about apical quarter ; 

 mesoscutum shiny and with a faint, hardly noticeable punctation ; pubescence of 

 face and clypeus pale, greyish-white ; ovipositor thin, almost straight ; tergite 1 

 markedly narrowed behind ; lateral corners of median field of tergite (2 + 3) 

 narrowly drawn out (Text-fig. 205) ; length: ca. 3 mm. without ovipositor) 



crantor sp. n. 



Europe: E. Mediterranean, Crete, Mt. Ida, 1906, 5 $$, one the TYPE ; Herak- 

 leion, 3 $$, 5. v. 1906. Asia Minor, Angora, 1 $, 13. vi. 1925, (All Bird). Type in the 

 Hungarian National Museum. 

 Ovipositor sheath distinctly shorter than the hind tibia . ..... 5 



Median field of tergite (2 -f- 3) with narrowly drawn out lateral corners as in crantor 

 (cf. Text-fig. 205). 



Legs paler than in the following species ; eyes distinctly more convergent below 

 (Text-fig. 207) ......... evander sp. n. 



Europe: Finland, Hailuoto, Wuorentaus, 1 9, the TYPE ; Tytarsaari, 1 $, 

 (Hellen). Type in the Helsinki Museum. 



This species resembles crantor in the shape of the basal tergites of the gaster but 

 lacks the somewhat elongate head of crantor as seen in a facial view. The hind tibia, 

 as in crantor, is pale brownish yellow with faintly darker tip. 

 Median field of tergite (2 -f- 3) with less narrowly drawn out lateral corners and hence 

 approaching more the shape of a strongly transverse rectangle (Text-fig. 211). 



Very black-looking species with the hind tibia entirely dark brown and the ovi- 

 positor thicker than in both crantor and evander ; mesoscutum more clearly punctate 



20 Apanleles butalidis Marshall, in Andre 1888 : 450. 

 Apanteles butalidis Marshall ; Wilkinson, 1945 : 194. 



