! G. E. J. NIXON 



Face coarsely reticulate-rugose ; vertex and temples strongly punctate ; posterior 

 ocellus separated from the eye-margin by a distance that is distinctly less than twice 

 the longer diameter of the ocellus ; sculpture of mesoscutum very coarse, consisting 

 of deep rugose-punctation that, along the course of the notaulices, becomes rugose- 

 reticulation ; the keels bordering the antennal sockets in front are almost united at 

 the middle line of the face (fore wing Text-fig. 114) ; tergite (2 + 3) with narrow, 

 weakly triangular, weakly defined, median field .... iphitus sp. n. 



Philippines: Mindanao, Davao, 1 $, the TYPE, (Baker). Type in the U.S. 

 National Museum. 

 At least the propodeum and the sides of the thorax entirely blackish or black ; pro- 

 podeum either without or with a less clear indication of a lateral, oblique keel ; pos- 

 terior, polished band of the scutellum not or hardly interrupted at middle . . 2 

 Head yellow-testaceous ; mesoscutum and scutellum dull reddish ; frons, vertex and 

 temples almost smooth ; disc of scutellum shiny, its rugose-punctation shallow, 

 superficial ; tergite (2 -f- 3) highly polished and without a median field. 



Mesoscutum less dull and less densely sculptured than in henicopus ; hind coxa 

 becoming darkened at apical half above ..... thyone sp. n. 



Philippines: Luzon, Mt. Makiling, 1 $, the TYPE, (Baker). Type in the U.S. 

 National Museum. 



The oblique keels of the propodeum are less well defined in this species than in 

 henicopus ; the posterior, polished band of the scutellum shows no trace of sculp- 

 ture medially. 

 Head entirely black ; mesoscutum and scutellum black ; frons, vertex and temples 

 dull, coarsely rugose-punctate ; disc of scutellum dull, densely rugose ; tergite 

 (2 + 3) with elongate, median field (Text-fig. no). 



The hind coxa is sharply bicoloured but the yellow part occupies slightly more 

 than basal half ; hind femur yellow on about basal third ; tergite 1 , as in the other 

 two species, is yellow throughout ; face deeply, confidently punctate ; in thyone, the 

 face is shiny and shows only superficial sculpture ; the oblique keels of the 

 propodeum are better defined than in thyone but are not so distinct as in iphitus 



henicopus de Saeger 34 



Africa: Belgian Congo, Nyasheke (type locality). Kenya, Embu, 1 $, in British 

 Museum (Nat. Hist.). Type in the Congo Museum, Tervuren. 



The posterior, polished band of the scutellum shows faint traces of sculpture 

 medially. 



The DAIRA-Grovp 

 Monobasic. 



Apanteles daira sp. n. 



o*. Except that the hind tarsus is infuscate, the legs are fulvous throughout. 



The surface of the strongly transverse face is very shiny and shows large, scattered pits, with 

 some vague striation towards the eye-margin. Ocelli in a fairly high triangle, the transverse, 

 posterior tangent to the anterior ocellus not quite touching the posterior pair ; the triangle is 

 less high than in the henicopus-growp. Antennal sockets very deep, their anterior margins 

 strongly raised, sharp, and uniting medially to form a sharp keel ; flagellum with coarse, bristly 

 pubescence, more especially on upper surface. Head above strongly shining, with a few 

 scattered punctures. 



Mesoscutum very shiny, with scattered pits ; the notaulic courses are indicated by a row of 

 still larger, more irregularly shaped pits. Propodeum with strong medial keel and various, 



34 Apanteles henicopus de Saeger, 1944 : 152. 



