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Section II. 

 ("Area radialis brevis, lata; areola intermedia." Hartig, 1. c. p. 186.) 

 Of the six genera placed by Hartig in this section, three — Xystus 

 ( = Allotria Westw.), Cothonaspis ( = Eueoila Westw.) and Mccjapel- 

 mus (=Anacharis Westw.) — have been removed since anions the 

 Figitidse. The three remaining genera are defined by Hartig as fol- 

 lows : 



a. Abdomen collo laevigata). 



I. Antennae clavate, J 13, % 14 articulatae. 



Palpi maxill. a artic ; palpi lab. 3 art., articulis ultimis ap- 



pendiculis lateral i bus cylindrieis Ceroptres. 



1. Antennae filiformes, 9 13-14. % 15-16 articulate ; flagellum 

 articulis longitudine sequalibus. 

 Palpi maxill. 5 artic; palpi lab. 3 art.; articulis ultimis ap- 

 pendiculis parvis, acutis, coronatis Aulax. 



b. Abdomen collo tumido, striolato. 



Palpi maxill. 5 artic; palpi lab. 2 art.: articulis ultimis ap- 



pendiculis validis coronatis Synergus. 



Since Hartig, only one new genus, apparently belonging to this sec- 

 tion, has been described. This is Phanacis Foerster (Verh. d-llheinl. 

 Vereins fiir Naturk. XVII, p. 145, 1856). I will translate the defini- 

 tion of this genus, and add an extract from the description of the spe- 

 cies. 



"Phanacis Foerst. Maxillary palpi 4-, labial palpi 3-jointed ; radial area 

 closed ; second cubital likewise closed on the inside. Thorax not pubescent, 

 scutellum cushion-shaped; the tip of the metathorax (called neck by Hartig) is 

 provided with delicate longitudinal ridges; the first abdominal segment is the 

 largest." 



•'This genus, belonging to the family Cynipidce, may be next to Ceroptres in 

 the structure of its abdomen, but differs from it in several points; such are 

 principally the 4-jointed maxillary palpi and the sharp ridges, with which the 

 apex (neck) of the metathorax is provided. The pleurse are not aciculate, but 

 finely coriaceous, entirely opaque; the antennae are almost imperceptibly in- 

 crassated towards the tip, not clavate. If, with all this, we take the mode of 

 life into consideration, there will be no doubt left that this is a well established 

 genus." 



" Observation. — Both pairs of palpi show on the last joint a distinct subuliform 

 point, which has not been counted, however, as a distinct joint." 



The species Phanacis centaurese has been reared from the stalks of 

 Centaurea scabrosa; only females were obtained. They have 13- 

 jointed antennas, head and thorax have very little lustre and are finely 

 coriaceous, the mesonotum finely transversely rugose; parapsidal grooves 

 distinct. "The second abdominal segment" (called by Foerster the first 

 in the generic characters given above) "is about equal in length to one- 

 half of the abdomen ; the third is much shorter and about equal to all 



