PARASITICA CYNIPID^. 27 



Thorax not robust. Species polished. 



Scutellum bifoveate ; marginal nervure reaching costal edge ; areolet and 

 cubital vein very faint, and occasionally obsolete ; marginal cell occa- 

 sionally obsolete, sometimes entirely closed ; antennse and legs finely 

 pubescent, the former lonsr, subfiliforni, 9 l-J-l."). % 15-16-jointed. 



l¥eurotorus Hartig. 



Subfamily Inquilix^. 



Marginal cell closed, scutellum bifoveate. 

 Face coarsely striate. 

 Thorax with distinct, almost parallel parapsidal grooves ; second abdominal 

 segment occupying nearly the whole of abdomen, divided apparently by a 

 very delicate, connate .suture: ovipositor sheaths projecting above upper 

 surface of abdomen: antenna? in 9 1"~, "Ji l'^-jointed...Ceroi>fr«'S Hartig. 

 Thorax with parapsidal grooves converging behind ; second abdominal seg- 

 ment occupying the whole surface of abdomen ; petiole striate, ovipositor 

 sheaths not projecting: antennaj in 9 14. % 15-jointed, second joint in 



% excised Synergus Hartig. 



Face not coarsely striate ; thorax with parapsidal grooves delicate, converging 

 behind: .second abdominal segment in 9 occupying nearly the whole sur- 

 face of abdomen, in % subequal with third ; ventral valve greatly project- 

 ing; ovipositor sheaths projecting ; antennae O 12, % 14-jointed. 



Periclistus Forst. 

 Marginal cell open, scutellum broad, not foveate; thorax smooth, without parap- 

 sidal grooves ; second abdominal segment occupying the whole surface of 

 abdomen : ovipositor sheaths not projecting; antennae with first joint very 

 short, 9 13, % 14-15-jointed SaphoIytuMi Forst. 



Subfamily Allot RiiN^. 



Scutellum rounded, smooth, convex, separated from mesothorax l)y a transverse 

 groove: no fovete; head wider than thorax: thorax ovoid, slout, with- 

 out parapsidal grooves; antennse longer than the body, filiform. 9 13, 



% 14-jointed Allolria We.stw. 



Scutellum rugose, not separated from the mesothorax by a transverse groove, 

 bifoveate ; head wider than thorax ; parapsidal grooves almo.st parallel : 

 antennffi filiform, not longer than body, 9 13, % 14-jointed. 



/I<}gili|>M Hal. 



Subfamily Figitin.e. 



Scutellum ordinary, bifoveate. 



Abdomen elongate, with second and third .segments almo.st equal ; petiole long 



or short, .smooth : parap.sidal grooves wanting; antenme niironii. slender. 



9 13, % 14-iointed .iiiaeliaris Dalm. 



Abd(nnen with third segment longest; thorax smooth, striate at sides and very 



slightly on disc, parapsidal grooves distinct; i)etiole short, (liitrd : an- 



tennaj moniliform, in 9 13, % 14-jointed Figilo^i Latr. 



Scutellum armed with a blunt tooth or spined, bifoveate : abdomen with the third 



segment the longest; petiole short, striate: thorax rugose or carinate; 



parapsidal grooves distinct; antenme moniliform or filiform. 9 13, % 



14-jointe(l Oll.V«'llia Dalm. 



