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roundly curved backwards, united to the first transverse cubital. Meta- 
notum with two rows of areae of three each ; the central in both narrower 
than the lateral ; the anterior central becoming gradually widened towards 
the apex ; the posterior becoming narrowed ; the posterior is wider than 
the anterior. Female. 
Length, 7 mm. 
Pretoria. 26th March. 
The top and sides of the face punctured, but not strongly or closely. 
There is a curved keel, roundly narrowed below, on the middle of the 
front. Mesonotum closely punctured ; trilobate, the middle lobe short, 
ending in a keel ; the sides of the lateral lobes at this keel obliquely sloped, 
irregularly obliquely striated. Scutellar depression large and bearing 
three straight keels. Pro- and mesopleurae finely and closely, the upper 
half of the metapleurae more strongly punctured, the lower closely, 
irregularly obliquely striated. Scutellum strongly, but not very closely 
punctured, it becomes gradually roundly narrowed to the apical fourth, 
which has the sides straight and the apex transverse. Post-scutellum 
depressed ; it becomes gradually narrowed to a sharp point, and is followed 
by a keel. 
MICKOGASTEKINAE. 
Apanteles, Foer. 
The species of this useful genus of Braconidae appear to be numerous 
in South Africa. The species here described may be separated as follows : — 
1 (8) Legs rufo- testaceous, the sides of the basal abdominal seg- 
ments testaceous. 
2 (3) The basal two abdominal segments broadly rufo-testaceous, 
the abdomen broader and shorter than the thorax ; the areolet 
half closed. euryg aster. 
3 (2) The basal abdominal segments narrowly testaceous, the 
abdomen as long and narrower than the thorax. 
4 (5) The centre of the metanotum and its outer edges keeled, 
the stigma testaceous. fuscinervis. 
5 (4) The metanotum not keeled, the stigma fuscous. 
6 (7) The apex of the hind femora, of the hind tibiae, more 
broadly, and the hind tibiae, black ; the pleurae shining. 
testaceiventris . 
7 (6) The hind legs not marked with black, the pleurae opaque. 
testaceolineatus . 
8 (1) Legs largely black, the rest not rufo-testaceous. 
9 (10) The basal ventral segments rufo-testaceous, the basal trans- 
verse nervures forming a broad, rounded curve, without an 
angle, between the stigma and the cubitus. africanus. 
10 (9) The basal ventral segments black, the basal transverse 
nervures bluntly angled between the stigma and cubitus. 
transvaalensis . 
