THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Cubitus in hind wings originating (?) before the transverse median 

 nervure ; hind tibiie globose ; last joint of hind tarsi very 



minute Parameria, Guerin. 



(Type P. femorata, Guer.) 



9. Wings glabrous, ?iot hairy 10. 



Wings hairy, strongly fimbriate. 



Apical lobes of front wings unequal ; stigma and veins 



absent Komarovia, Radoszkowski. 



(Type K. victoriosa, Radoszk.) 



10. Apex of wings bilobed, the marginal cell wanting; one cubital and 



two discoidal cells ; mandibles at apex bifid ; hind tibial spur 



moderate, straight and acute Pseudomeria, Saunders. 



(Type P. graeca, Saund.) 



Apex of wings pointed ; otie or two discoidal cells ; mandibles 



at apex simple, edentate ; hind tibial spur very long, slender, 



acute (Africa) Pseudotiphia, Ashm., g. nov. 



(Type Tiphia brevipennis, Lucas.) 



11. Front wings with three cubital cells 12. 



Front wings with two cubital cells. 



Second cubital cell receiving both recurrent 



nervures Poecilotiphia, Cameron. 



12. Marginal cell at apex not at all or only slightly separated from the 



costa ; second cubital cell large, irregularly quadrangular, 



trapezoidal or pentagonal, longer than the third 13. 



Marginal cell al ajiex widely separated from the costa ; second 

 cubital cell small, longly peliolate Myzine, Latreille. 



13. Marginal cell shorter, rounded or truncate at apex ; second cubital 



cell long, in outline triangular 14, 



Marginal cell long, its apex oblique and with a slight curve inwards 

 near the costa ; three cubital cells, the second cell large, the 

 second and third each receiving a recurrent nervure, or the 

 second recurrent is interstitial with the second transverse cubitus; 

 cubitus in hind wings originating before the transverse median 

 nervure Plesia, Jurine. 



14. Apex of marginal cell narrowly rounded; second cubital cell 



receiving the first recurrent nervure at or a little before the 

 middle, the second recurrent nervure received by the third cubital 

 cell before the middle Micromeria, Saunders, 



