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little flattened. First abscissa of the radius distinctly shorter than the 1st transverse cubitus. 

 All the femora thickened; tarsi short, the 4th segment of the hind tarsus only slightly longer 

 than wide ; inner spur of the hind tibia reaching very slightly beyond the middle of the hind 

 basitarsus. Tergite 1 strongly narrowed behind and narrowly rugulose along sides. 



New Zealand : Bainesse. 



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



Host : Tortrix sp. (Tortricidae). 



Wilkinson (1934 : 155) put demeter together with several species which show some 

 dorso-ventral compression of the thorax in a group which he designated with the 

 letter " G ". Some degree of flattening has occurred independently in several 

 groups of Apanteles and by itself cannot be taken as an indication of close relationship. 

 The Indo-oriental flavipes Cameron, the African sesamiae Cameron, and the Euro- 

 pean ferrugineus Marshall, all of which Wilkinson put with demeter in group G, are, in 

 my opinion, more properly allocated to the glomeratus-group though occupying a 

 marginal position within it. The Indo-malayan angustibasis Gahan, also included by 

 Wilkinson, is, I think, best regarded as an aberrant member of the ater-group. 



The HENICOPUS-Groxjp 



Ocelli almost in an equilateral triangle, the posterior, transverse tangent to the 

 anterior ocellus passing far in front of the posterior pair. Propodeum with a medial 

 keel. Hind coxa very large ; inner spur of the hind tibia much longer than the 

 outer one and fully two thirds as long as the hind basitarsus. Stigma emitting radius 

 very considerably distal to middle (Text-fig. 114) ; 1st transverse cubitus as long as, 

 or slightly longer than, the 1st abscissa of the radius. Ovipositor very short, almost 

 hidden. Tergite (2 + 3) with or without a poorly defined, elongate, medial field. 



This group may eventually require generic status ; it is essentially characterized 

 by the closeness of the brachial vein to the edge of the wing in combination with the 

 linear plate of the first tergite. This last feature is peculiar to the henicopus-group 

 and the related daira-group ; there is not even an approach to it in any of the other 

 groups into which I have divided Apanteles. On the other hand, a similar modifica- 

 tion of the first tergite occurs frequently among species of Protomicroplitis. 



It is possible that the affinities of the henicopus-group lie with some of the hetero- 

 geneous elements ot Protomicroplitis rather than with Apanteles, where it is somewhat 

 unnaturally placed. 



I have seen only three specimens, representing three species. These are not very 

 closely related. 



Africa. Philippines. 



Key to Species 

 Females 



1 Entirely fulvous, except that the hind femur and hind tibia are slightly darkened at 

 extreme apex ; propodeum, in addition to the medial keel, with an oblique keel 

 extending from close to the spiracle to the posterior orifice ; posterior, polished band 

 of the scutellum interrupted medially by a patch of rugosity. 



