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Mesopleura large, entire, without a femoral furrow, except occa 

 sionally in some males, the mesepisternum large, triangular, 

 not extending to base of front coxae; middle tibial spur salta- 



torial, most frequently long and stout, or dilated at base 8 



Mesopleura always with a femoral furrow or impression, the 

 mesepisternum variable, rarely large, except in the Cleo- 

 nymidce, most frequently small, wedge-shaped, or linear and 

 extending to base of front coxae; if large and triangular, either 

 the anterior or posterior femora are much swollen ; middle 

 tibial spur not saltatorial, usually short or weak, never very 

 stout. 



Hind tibia; with 2 apical spurs, rarely with i only; in the 

 latter case the radius terminates in a large, rounded 



stigma, the ovipositor very long 4 



Hind tibiae with i apical spur; ovipositor rarely long, if 



long the stigma is small 9 



4. Mandibles falcate, usually with i or 2 teeth within; thorax most fre 

 quently very gibbous, the scutellum usually very large, often abnor- 

 mal.ly developed, elevated and produced posteriorly, the axillae con 

 nate, not distinctly separated from the surrounding surface and 



broadly united along their inner margins 6 



Mandibles usually 3~4-dentate at apex, rarely lalcate, with i or 2 teeth 

 within ; thorax not or very slightly gibbous, the axillae distinctly ^ 

 separate, their inner margins most frequently widely separated, very 

 rarely touching. 



Hind coxa; rarely much larger than the anterior coxae, most fre 

 quently smaller or equal ; if much larger, the pronotum is 

 elongate, mesepisternum large, the hind legs very long, the 

 postmarginal vein very long; ovipositor very rarely promi 

 nent .. 5 



Hind coxae very large and long, usually five or six times larger 

 than the anterior coxae. 



Hind coxae subtriquetrous, or at least compressed into a 

 sharp ridge above ; hind femora never very much swollen, 

 and most frequently simple, rarely with one large tooth 

 or denticulate beneath; abdomen most frequently sub- 

 compressed (more rarely depressed), with a long ovi 

 positor; if without an exserted ovipositor, the abdomen 

 is conical or conic-ovate with a peculiar sculpture, the 

 radius (stigmal vein) usually very short, the hind tibiae 



at apex normal Family LXI. Torymidae. 



Hind coxae usually very long and subcylindrical, rarely 

 triquetrous ; hind femora always much swollen and most 

 frequently armed with teeth beneath or finely serrated, 

 rarely without teeth; abdomen of various shapes, most 

 frequently conical or conic-ovate, more rarely globose, 



