PARASITICA — BRACONIDiE. 68 



9. — Miirgiiiiil vuiu siirinjiing from extreme base ofstigma...*Allisocypta Forst. 

 Marginal nervure springing from any other point of the stigma. 

 Stigma linear. 



Subdiscoidal nervure interstitial, or nearly so *A<leIura Forst. 



Subdiscoiflal nervure springing from middle of second dis(;oidal cell. 



*Is('liiio(*ar|>a Forst. 

 Stigma cuneiform *l»ro!«ia|>lia Forst. 



Subfamily DACNUSlNiE. 



Abdominal segments 1-3 forming a rugose carapace (as in Sigal2)hnti), the re- 

 mainder concealed or very short: postscutellum with a dentiform 



elevation *<Kiioii«' Hal. 



Abdominal segment 3, and generally 2, smooth, not forming a carajwce, the rest 



not concealed or remarkably short, post.scutellum unarmed 2. 



2. — Eyes naked 3. 



Eyes hairy 4. 



3.— First abdominal segment broader than long ^Epiiiiieta Forst. 



First abdominal segment longer than broad. 



First branch of marginal nervure obsolete, so that the second submarginal 



cell touches the stigma *A};<niia Fiirst. 



First branch of marginal nervure distinct, second submarginal cell remote 

 from the stigma. 

 Abdomen oblong or ovate, not longer than head and thorax. 



DaeiiiiMa Hal. 

 Abdomen linear, longer than head and thorax. 



Marginal nervure subsinuate near apex; abdomen J strongly com- 

 pressed, cultrate *i;oi>idura Sciiiodte. 



Marginal nervure forming a regular curve ; abdomen 9 slightly com- 

 pressed at apex only i <'<x>liiiiiis Xees. 



4.— Stigma ovate, stout, half as long as marginal cell, emitting the marginal ner- 

 vure from the middle *<'lia'iHiJ>ia Hal. 



Stigma linear, attenuate, much longer than half of the marginal cell, emit- 

 ting the marginal nervure before the middle *<Jllor«'bii!>» Hal. 



Division VI.— FLEXILIVENTREH. 

 Subfamily Aphidiin^. 



First discoidal cell complete. 



The transverse cubital nervures obsolete, therefore only one submarginal cell. 



I'raoii Hal. 

 The transverse cubital nervures distinct, therefore three submarginal cells. 



Abdomen lanceolate, subse.ssile ; antennae 11-jointed F|»Ii<mIi*iim Hal. 



Abdomen orbiculate, petiolate; anteunai with mort' than 11 joints. 



'!'<►. V a ros Westw. 

 First discoidal cell incomplete. 



Abdomen orbiculate *Moiio<'t«nnis Hal. 



Abdomen lanceolate. 



Antennse 10-13-jointed ; ventral valves 9 armed with two apical pro- 

 cesses longer than the ovipositor Trio.x.ys Hal. 



Antenna; with more than 13 joints; ventral valves 9 sinijile. 



.Ipliidiiis Xees. 



