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SUBFAMILY 



TABLE TO THE TRIBES. 



Hind basitarsis distinctly longer than the following joints; pos- 

 terior calcaria long; pronotum with very large lateral 

 lobes; postnotum of metathorax large and nearly 

 flat ..................................................................... Taxonini 



Hind basitarsis shorter than or subequal with the following 

 joints; posterior calcaria short, robust; pronotum 

 laterally small; postnotum of the metathorax shorter.. 1 

 1. Metascutellum densely, coarsely punctured; head and 

 thorax coarsely punctured; basal vein slightly basad 

 to the origin of the cubitus; postnotum of the meta- 

 thorax oblique ............................................... Eriocampini 



Metascutellum without punctures; head and thorax finely 

 sculptured or impunctate; basal vein joining the costa 

 at the origin of the cubitus; postnotum of the meta- 

 thorax flat ......................................................... Allantini 



Tribe TAXONINI. 



Includes Taxonus Hartig, Macremphytus MacGillivray, Dimor- 

 phopteryx Ashmead, and Athlophorus Burmeister. 



Tribe ERICOCAMPINI. 



Includes Eriocampa Hartig. 



Tribe ALLANTIN 



Includes Allantus Panzer, Aphilodyctium Ashmead, Ametastegia 

 Costa, Emphytina Rohwer, Monsoma MacGillivray, Protoemphytus 

 Rohwer, and Monostegia Costa. 



SUBFAMILY DOLERIN.E. 

 Includes Dolerus Panzer and Loderus Konow. 



SUBFAMILY TENTHREDININ^. 

 TABLE TO THE TRIBES. 



Propodeal spiracle placed near the middle lateral margin , and 

 often on the ventral aspect; anterior margin of the 

 scutellum sharply angular, its cephal-caudad length 

 greater than or subequal with its width (in cases where 

 it is subequal the clypeus is truncate) ; space between 

 the eyes at the antennae always greater than the 

 length of the eye ......................................... Perineurini 



Propodeal spiracle placed at, or near, the lateral, dorsal basal 

 angle; anterior margin of the scutellum truncate or 

 nearly so, its cephal-caudad length much shorter than 

 the width; facial quadrangle variable ............ Tenthredinini 



