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Scape large, globular, the pedicel annular ; flagellum very 

 long, terminating in a large club, joints i to 5 elongate, 

 slender, cylindrical, the first joint shorter than either 



joints 2 or 3 Masaris, Fabr. (partim). 



(?) cC M. Texana, Cr., (?) g. no v. 

 9. Scape and pedicel large, globular, nearly equal ; first joint of flagellum 

 longer than either 2 or 3; labium long ; maxillary palpi rudimen- 

 tary, 3-jointed ; mandibles short and acute ; first joint of hind 

 tarsi ?iot as long as all the other joints united ; claws with a 



tooth (9) Celonites, Latreille. 



(Type Vespa abbreviata, Villers.) 



Scape elongate, the pedicel small ; flagellum in J elongate, joints 2 



to 6 elongate, cylindrical, subequal, in 9 short, the first joint as 



long as 2-4 united, the latter being very short ; first joint of hind 



tarsi elongate, as long as all the following united ; claws simple, 



without a tooth (10) Masaris, Fabricius. 



(Type M. vespiformis, Fabr.) 

 10. Scape not elongate, hardly thrice as long as thirk, the pedicel 

 annular; first joint of flagellum in $ as long as joints 2-3 united, 

 in cT with joints 1 to 4 elongate ; first joint of hind tarsi a little 

 longer than all the following joints united, the second and third 

 only a little longer than thick ; claws long, 



simple ( r 1 ) Pseudomasaris, Ashmead, g. nov. 



(Type Masaris occidentalis, Cress.) 



Scape elongate, about four times as long as thick, the pedicel hardly 



longer than thick ; first joint of flagellum in 9 not longer than 2-3 



united ; first joint of hind tarsi shorter than all the following joints 



united ; claws very small (12) Quartinia, Gribodo. 



(Type Q. dilecta, Gribodo.) 



Family XXXI. — Clirysididse. 



1825. Chrysides, Cinquieme Tribe, Latreille. Fam. Nat. Regn 



Anim., p. 448. 

 1830. Chrysides, Tribe VIII., Leach. Edinb. Ency., IX., p. 146. 

 1839. Chrysidae, Fam. 18, Haliday. Hym. Syn., p. ii. 

 1845. Chrysidiformes, Dahlbom. Hym. E-.c, II., p. 2. 

 1877. Chrysostilba, Tribe 13, Forster. Ueber d. Syst. Werth d. 



Flugelg. bei den Hym., p. 20 



