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towards base ; apically, tergite i is coloured more or less like tergite (2 + 3) ; in- 

 complete sulci of tergite 2 directed towards the posterior margin of the segment so 

 that a weakly indicated subtriangular median field is present, bordered by feeble 

 aciculation ; hypopygium not strongly developed, in profile subtruncate 



belliger Wilkinson 27 



Mauritius: St. Pierre. Type in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



Host: Cirphis unipunctata Haworth (The Army Worm, Noctuidae). 



In general habitus and on the form of tergite 1 and 2, together with the disposi- 

 tion of the sulci of tergite 2, more closely related to gratiosus Wilkinson than to any 

 other species. 



- Thorax, except for the propodeum and sides behind, entirely reddish-yellow ; 



posterior ocellus separated from the eye-margin by a distance equal to about half 

 its longer diameter ; (Text-fig. 229 ; 1st abscissa of the discoideus about two thirds 

 as long as the 2nd ; apical segment of the front tarsus with a conspicuous spine 

 (Text-fig. 223), the segment emarginate opposite to the spine and the segment itself 

 medially constricted. 



Gaster, except for the apical half of tergite (2 + 3) and tergites 4-6, entirely red- 

 dish-yellow ; legs reddish-yellow except that the hind femur and hind tibia are 

 faintly tipped with infuscation ; flagellum very slender, the preapical segment 

 about three and a half times longer than wide ; tergite (2 + 3) with short sulci 

 directed towards the apical corner of tergite 2 (this being defined by the weak 2nd 

 suture) and suggesting a triangular field that is more transverse than in belliger. 

 Hypopygium short ......... teapae sp. n. 



Mexico : Teapa, Tabasco, iii, 1 $, the TYPE, (H. H. Smith) . Type in the British 

 Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



3 Front tarsal segment 5 modified, being constricted at middle and hence in appearance 



bipartite ; beneath, it is armed with a strong, curved spine ; the surface opposite 

 the spine is feebly emarginate. 



1st abscissa of the discoideus fully two thirds as long as the 2nd ... 4 



- Front tarsus 5 not thus modified, at most with a feebly thickened hair beneath and 



then there is no emargination opposite to it . . . . . . . 5 



4 Mesoscutum bicoloured, being brown with pale testaceous bands along the imaginary 



course of the notaulices ; ocelli nearly in an equilateral triangle, the distance 

 between the posterior pair being about one and one third times as great as the dia- 

 meter of the median ocellus ; scutellum showing feeble and normal convexity; face 

 with vague indication of coarse punctation ; hind tibia without a prickly 

 appearance, the spines being pale, rather short and not particularly upstanding ; 

 incomplete sulci of tergite 2 directed vaguely towards the posterior corners of the 

 segment. 



Brightly coloured species with the pronotum and propleurum as pale as the paler 

 parts of the mesoscutum ; mesoscutum sharply punctate ; claws less strongly 

 lobed than in formosus (cf. Text-fig. 222) ; hypopygium of moderate development 



maia sp. n. 



S. Africa: Pondoland, Port, St. John, 10-31, vii.1923, 1 $, the TYPE, 12-20. vi. 

 1923, 1 $, (R. E. Turner). Type in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



Characterized by the form of the apical segment of the front tarsus in combina- 

 tion with colour. 



- Mesoscutum entirely black ; ocelli in a lower triangle, the distance between the 



posterior pair being obviously greater than the diameter of the median ocellus, 

 about one and two thirds times as great ; scutellum strongly domed ; incomplete 

 sulci of tergite 2 directed towards the middle of the side of the tergite ; hind tibia 

 having a prickly appearance, its spines longer, sharper, and much more upstanding 



27 'Apanleles belliger Wilkinson, 1929a : 107. 



