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than wide, narrowed to a sharp point at the base, the apex transverse; 
there are three areae on the apical slope, the outer becoming wider 
towards the apex, the central strongly closely transversely striated; 
there is a keel, outside the spiracles and a less distinct, curved 
one over and between the two hinder coxae. Pleurae finely, closely 
punctured ; the depression on the propleurae with some stout 
striae ; the mesopleurae above finely, closely longitudinally striated, 
the lower half of the apex with a few short striae. Metapleurae 
more strongly punctured than the rest. 
Head, mesonotum, and scutellum finely, closely punctured ; 
the metanotum has the punctures more distinctly separated. 
Abdominal petiole smooth and shining, the post-petiole dilated. 
The. recurrent nervure is received almost the length of the 
transverse cubital nervure beyond it ; the transverse median 
nervure is interstitial ; the recurrent nervure is largely bullated, as 
is also (but more narrowly) the disco-cubital nervure; the apical 
nervures in the hind wings are obsolete. Antennae 27-jomted, 
almost as long as the body, the flagellum densely covered with short, 
stiff pubescence. 
Braconidje. 
Apanteles paludicolce, sp. n. 
Black, the apical two-thirds of the fore femora, the apical third 
of the middle and all the tibiae and tarsi, rufo-testaceous, the vent¬ 
ral surface of the abdomen at the base more or less rufous, the sides 
of the first abdominal segment narrowly dark rufous ; wings clear 
hyaline, the stigma and costa pale fuscous. Palpi testaceous. 
Metanotum finely, closely rugose, furrowed down the middle ; the 
base and apex with a transverse furrow. First abdominal segment 
almost square ; the basal two-thirds raised, the apex of the raised 
part bordered by a wide deep, curved furrow, the sides bordered by 
a distinct furrow ; it and the second segment are closely rugosely 
punctured ; at the apex of the second is a distinct transverse furrow ; 
the third and following segments are smooth, shining, and covered 
with a microscopic down. Hypopygium large, wide, projecting, 
cultriform. Female. 
Length 2 mm. Diyatalawa, 4,000 feet. August and September. 
Bred from Trichoptilus paludicola, Fletcher. 
The amount of black on the legs varies ; in the male the femora 
may be testaceous below, and the apex of the hind tibiae and the* 
hind tarsi may be black. Probably a common species. 
Apanteles platyptilioe , sp. n. 
Black, the legs red, the base of the coxae black, the apex of the 
hind tibiae and the hind tarsi slightly infuscated ; wings hyaline, 
the costa and stigma fuscous ; centre of metanotum keeled, the keel 
running at the apex into a smooth round fovea ; the apex on either 
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