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apex than in basimacula, its middle furrow shallower and the surface on each side 

 of it less convex ; tergite 3 distinctly shorter than 2 ; ovipositor sheath at apex 

 with a thickened, non-spatulate hair ..... glaphyra de Saeger 10 



Belgian Congo: Rweru (type locality), described from a single female. Type in 

 Congo Museum, Tervuren. Abyssinia: i $, in B.M. (N. H.). 



- Tergite 3, except for a median, polished area, sculptured right to apex ; hind femur, 



except for a small, pale spot at base beneath, black or blackish throughout. 



Fore wing with conspicuous apical spot ; tergite 1 more widened apically than 

 in glaphyra and because of a deeper, medial furrow, appearing more convex on 

 each side ............. 4 



4 First abscissa of the radius and the 1st transverse cubitus forming a right angle or even 



a slightly acute angle (Text-fig. 303) ; surface on each side of the medial propodeal 

 keel densely rugose-punctate ; polished, median area of tergite 3 virtually parallel- 

 sided. 



Hind tibia usually with short, pale, basal ring, separated from dark base by about 

 its own length ; sometimes (Katberg, 1 9) the pale area covers almost half of the hind 

 tibia ; edge of vannal lobe beyond its widest part straight and fringed with hairs 

 (Text-fig. 7) ; outer surface of the hind coxa confluently rugose-punctate ; modified 

 seta at apex of ovipositor sheath shorter than in the next species 



basimacula (Cameron) 47 



S. Africa: numerous examples. Belgian Congo: Recorded by de Saeger. 

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



- First abscissa of the radius and the 1st transverse cubitus forming an obtuse angle 



(Text-fig. 301) ; surface on each side of the propodeal keel smooth-looking, its 

 sculpture reduced to coarse, obsolescent punctation ; polished, medial area of tergite 

 3 subtriangular, widened in front, the sculpture on each side of it more smoothly 

 striate than in basimacula ; edge of vannal lobe beyond its widest part very slightly 

 concave and here without trace of a fringe of hairs. 



Flagellum more slender in apical half than in basimacula and the segments here 

 less smooth-looking ; outer surface of the hind coxa with reduced sculpture, the sur- 

 face showing sharp, mostly discrete punctures of various sizes ; modified seta at 

 apex of ovipositor sheath long, spatulate, upcurved ; hind tibia yellowish on about 

 basal half but dark at extreme base, not different from the palest forms of basi- 

 macula ........... eclectes sp. n. 



Philippines : Luzon, Mt. Makiling, 1 $, the TYPE, 1 o\ var. Mindanao, Davao, 1 q*- 

 Malaya: I. of Penang, 1 5", Singapore, 1 o*- Borneo, Sandakan, 1 <$. (All Baker). 

 Type in the U.S. National Museum. 



5 Hind coxa strikingly bicoloured, being predominantly reddish-yellow with an 



elongate dorsal infuscation extending the whole length of the coxa. 



Stigma narrow, emitting radius very distinctly beyond middle ; fore wing without 

 trace of an apical spot ; gaster narrow, its dorsal surface entirely dark brown, 

 though tergite 1 at base shows a faint reddish suffusion ; surface on each side of 

 propodeal keel smooth-looking and with only scattered, vaguely delimited punc- 

 tures ; 1st transverse cubitus meeting 1st abscissa of radius at an obtuse angle (cf. 

 basimacula) ; vannal lobe throughout with hair-fringe . Integra (Wilkinson) 48 



Africa: Uganda. TYPE <$ only. Type in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



- Hind coxa entirely black ........... 6 



ie Microgaster glaphyra de Saeger, 1944 : 81. 



Protomicroplitis glaphyra (de Saeger) comb. n. 

 "Apanteles basimacula Cameron, 1904 : 173. 



M icrogaster basimacula (Cameron) Wilkinson, 1929 : 101. 



Protomicroplitis basimacula (Cameron) comb. n. 

 ia Microgaster integra Wilkinson, 1929 : 103. 



Protomicroplitis integra (Wilkinson), comb. n. 



