(203) 5. — Descriptions of Species of Parasitic Hymenoptera, chiefly in the Collection of the South African Musemn, Cape Town. {Second Paper-'). — By. P. Cameron. [Species marked with an asterisk are not in the Collection of the South African Museum.] BEACONID^. APANTELES. Apanteles capensis, sp. nov. Black ; the sides of the three basal segments of the abdomen and the legs rufo-testaceous; the hinder coxae, apex of hind tibige broadly and the hind tarsi, except the basal two joints at the base, black ; the wings hyaline, with black nervures. ? and <? . Length 4 mm. Cape Town. Several specimens. First abdominal segment distinctly longer than broad ; the second and third broader than long ; the second, if anything, longer than the third ; the basal two segments aciculated, a smooth line down the centre of both ; the second with an oblique furrow on either side at the base, enclosing a triangular space ; the other segments (third and following) are smooth and shining. Terebra short ; the hypo-pygium cultriform. Metanotum opaque, coarsely aciculated ; the mesonotum and scutellum smooth, shining, as are also the pleurse ; the breast covered with a pale pile. The hypopygium projects slightly beyond the dorsal surface of abdomen. Spurs of hind tibiae extending shortly, but distinctly beyond the middle of metatarsus. Tegulae fuscous-testaceous. Fn^st abscissa of cubitus straight, oblique. Belongs to Marshall's Section 3, in Andre's Species, iv., 405. * First Paper, vol. v., 1906, pp. 17-182.
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