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tergites 1-2 as well as the mesonotum between the two forms is rather of infraspecific variation and not of specific distinction. - Distribution: England, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Italy: Sardinia, Bulgaria, Turkey, USSR (European part). In Hungary a rare species, new to her fauna. Localities - 1/1: 1 p: Kerecsend. - II/l: 1 (j>: Bakonycsernye, Kisgyónbánya. 1 q: Fenyőfő, HálóereszYő-'árok. - II/2: 1 <j>: Cserépfalu, Felső-Csákány (Bükk Mts). 1 <j>:Nagyvisnyó. Huta-rét (Bükk Mts). -"ífl/1: 1 p: Kőszeg, Szabó-hegy. - VI/2: 1 g: Csörötnek, Huszászi. - IV-VIII. Apanteles plutellae Kurdjumov, 1912 (? = hard to distinguish from A. ruficrus (Haliday). lowing features: A. plutellae Kurdjumov 1. First tergite as long as wide at hind, 1. e. slightly more broadening posteriorly. 2. Second tergite more transverse, 2. 2-2. 5 times broader behind than long medially. 3. Third tergite shiny, basally frequently subrugulose to uneven, its setae scattered almost all over. 4. Body relatively robust. vestalis Haliday, 1834) - Very similar to and The two species may be separated by the folA. ruficrus (Haliday) 1. First tergite slightly longer than wide at hind, i. e. less broadening posteiorly. 2. Second tergite less transverse, 1. 7-2 times broader behind than long medially. 3. Third tergite polished, its setae arranged in a single row before hind margin. 4. Body relatively gracile. Distribution: Palaearctic and Oriental Regions. In Hungary a common species. Localities - 1/1: 27 localities. - 1/2: 3 localities. - II/l: 21 localities. - II/2: 9 localities. - III/l (Slovakia): 1 <j>: Borosznó" ( = Brusno). 1 8:"Breznó, Bystra, 500-700 m (Low Tatra). - IÍT/2~-"5 (Transylvania): 1 <j>: Betlen (= Beclean), 1 g: Kiskaján (= Caianul Mic). 1 8: Meszes Mts (= Mtii Mesesului). 1 8: Nagyenyed (= Aiud). 1 p: Ósebeshely (= Sibiselul Vechi), 1 g: Ungvár (= Uzhgorod, USSR). - V/3: Farkasfa. - VI/1-2: 6 localities. - Bred from Hyphantria cunea Drury (Lep. Arctiidae) taken in Hédervár (14 July 1951), Miskolc, Onga (3 July 1951) and Tamási (5 July 1951), leg. et educ. B. Nagy. - III-X, frequent from May to September. Apanteles praepotens (Haliday, 1834) (= brachycerus Thomson, 1895; ?• Microgaster sericeus Nees, 1834 nec Ichneumon sericeus Fabricius, 1793) - Penultimate 3-4 joints of antenna slightly transverse to cubic. Pterostigma wide, issuing radial vein from its middle or somewhat distally. Legs dark. Its distinction see under A. eulipis Nixon. - Distribution: Palaearctic Region. In Hungary frequent to common. Localities - 1/1: 11 localities. - II/l: 18 localities. - II/2: 15 localities. - III/l (Slovakia): 5 localities. - IV (Transylvania!: Báziás (= 3uzias). - V/l a.nd 3: 3 localities. - VI/3; (Croatia): 1 <j>: Krapina. - V - VII, IX, frequent in June and July. - Bred from Eupithecia cuennata Miller (Lep. Geometridae) 1 q Budapest: Vadaskert 21 May 1976 leg. et educ. J. Szűcs; from Operophthera brumata L. (Lep. Geometridae) 2 Nagykovácsi: Julianna-major 29 May - 1 June 1976 leg. et educ. K. Balázs; and from Qrthosia cruda Den. et Schiff. (Lep. Noctuidae); 2 8:Nagykovácsi, Julianna-major 13 June 1980 leg. et educ. K. Balázs. Apanteles risilis Nixon, 1974 - Body relatively robust. Temple in dorsal view strongly rounded to receded. Second tergite less transverse, 2. 5-2. 8 times wider behind than long medially. Hind femur variable in colour, usually black, less usually brown(ish) with reddish tint. - Distribution: Great Britain, Netherlands, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania (Tran-| sylvania), Yugoslavia, North Italy. In Hungary rather rare, up to now taken in six localities 1 . New to the fauna of Hungary. Localities -1/1: 1 Kecskemét, Nagynyir. 1 á: Kiskunfélegyháza, Péteri-tó. 1 <j>: Kiskunhalas, Bogárzó. 1 tj>: Őrs zentmiklós | - II/1: 1 é: Budapest, Sas-hegy. 1 <j>: Tihany, Akasztódomb. - III/5 (Transylvania): 1 8": Nagyenyed (= Aiud). - V and VII. Apanteles rubecula Marshall, 1885 - Closely related to A. rubripes (Haliday), the two species are distinguished by the following features:
