PARASITICA — ICHNEUMONID^. 45 



Head not inflated behind the eyes, which touch the base of mandibles, the 

 latter slender, with two very unequal teeth at apex ; metathorax with- 

 out carinse or tubercles; spiracles of first abdominal sejrment placed 



before the middle I'aiiiMCiis (Irav. 



14. — Areolet small, subtriangular, or subpentangular, or waiitiufj !,">. 



Areolet large, rhomboidal ; ovipositor f , and anal styles % , exserted. 



JfleMOchoriis iimv. 



15. — Clypeus not or imperfectly separated ; abdomen moderately compressed or 



almost cylindrical, rarely strongly compressed or dei)ressed ; .stigma 



moderate 16. 



Clypeus separated ; stigma large 21. 



16. — Eyes moderately prominent, covered with fine pubescence; face narrowed 



towards the mouth ■ CjiiKKliisa Holmgr. 



Eyes without pubescence 17. 



17. —Clypeus distinctly elevated into a ridge, or produced and toothed in the 



middle -Sagaritis Holmgr. 



Clypeus normal, not carinate or denticulate 18. 



18. — Eyes distinctly emarginate ; metathorax incompletely or obsoletely areolated; 



abdomen clavate, often not compressed '-'Casiiiaria Holmgr. 



Eyes not or indistinctly emarginate ; metathorax distinctly areolated ; ab- 

 domen more or less compressed towards the apex 19. 



19. — Abdomen moderately or slightly comjiressed, the incisures between the seg- 

 ments very distinct; metathorax not produced at apex 20. 



Abdomen strongly compressed, very smooth, the incisures between the seg- 

 ments 9 scarcely perceptible ; metathorax somewhat ]iroduced at apex. 



"^Angitia Holmgr. 

 20. — Head moderately large ; abdomen moderately broad. 



Thorax longer than high. 



Head transverse, not inflated. 

 Abdominal petiole slender, longer than the convex post-petiole. 



Liiiiinoria Holmgr. 

 Abdominal petiole short and thick, a little longer than the post-petiole. 



•■■Mt'Ioboris Holmgr. 



Head inflated, the eyes relatively small ; first abdominal segment large, 



its petiole wider than high, the post-petiole nearly twice as long as 



wide, the seventh segment exserted Pyracinoii Holmgr. 



Thorax not longer than high ; a wide space between the eyes and base of 

 mandibles; antennae robust; clypeus with a deep fovea on each 

 side ; second segment of abdomen wider than long. 



^Caiiidia Holmgr. 

 Head much broader than the thorax, from a front view almost round ; abdo- 

 men slender, clavate, second segment longer than wide, alutaceous, 



ovipositor long -IVt'iiieritis Holmgr. 



21.— Abdomen petiolate. 



Al)d()nicn % 9 comin-essed throughout, ovipositor long, straight ; areolet 



wanting 411 Cremastiis Grav. 



Abdomen 9 . as a rule, compressed, % cylindrical or depressed, ovipositor 

 very short ; areolet almost pentangular, or triangular or incomplete. 

 Abdomen 9 cuneiform, strongly narrowed and compressed towards apex, 

 the segments long, with indistinct incisures «SeIt'UC'His* Holmgr. 



