﻿CHALCIDOIDEA 
  RELATED 
  TO 
  CEROCEPHALA 
  — 
  GAUAN 
  375 
  

  

  era 
  insectorum. 
  fasc. 
  97. 
  pp. 
  385. 
  386, 
  1909), 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  seen 
  

   by 
  me, 
  but 
  is 
  certainly 
  a 
  fip: 
  insect 
  (Agaonidae) 
  as 
  stated 
  by 
  

   Waterston 
  (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  1920. 
  p. 
  129). 
  

  

  Tricorijphu3 
  Foerster 
  ( 
  Hymenoptera 
  Studien. 
  vol. 
  2. 
  p. 
  46, 
  

   1856) 
  was 
  originally 
  described 
  without 
  included 
  species. 
  Thom- 
  

   son 
  (Hymenoptera 
  Scandinaviae, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  209. 
  1875^ 
  redescribed 
  

   the 
  genus 
  and 
  included 
  T. 
  fasckdus 
  Thomson 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  geno- 
  

   type. 
  Ashmead 
  (Mem. 
  Carnegie 
  Mus.. 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  392, 
  1904) 
  treated 
  

   the 
  genus 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Cerocephala, 
  but 
  Masi 
  (Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Civ. 
  

   Stor. 
  Nat. 
  Genova, 
  ser. 
  3, 
  vol. 
  9, 
  p. 
  240. 
  1921) 
  declared 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   good 
  genus. 
  The 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  collection 
  possesses 
  two 
  

   female 
  specimens 
  from 
  "Deutschland" 
  identified 
  by 
  Foerster 
  as 
  

   Tricoriiphus 
  and 
  bearing 
  an 
  unpublished 
  Foersterian 
  specific 
  

   name. 
  These 
  specimens 
  agree 
  with 
  Thomson's 
  description 
  of 
  

   Trlconjphus 
  fasciatus. 
  In 
  my 
  opinion, 
  based 
  upon 
  these 
  speci- 
  

   mens, 
  the 
  genus 
  Tricoryphus 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  Apterolelaps 
  

   Ashmead 
  and 
  SpalangioJaelaps 
  Girault 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  

   the 
  subfamily 
  Lelapinae. 
  

  

  Spalangiopelta 
  Masi 
  (Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Civ. 
  Stor. 
  Nat. 
  Genova. 
  ser. 
  3, 
  

   vol. 
  10, 
  p. 
  30, 
  1922) 
  is 
  unknown 
  to 
  me 
  except 
  by 
  the 
  description. 
  

   Masi 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  intermediate 
  between 
  Asaphini 
  and 
  Spa- 
  

   langiini. 
  The 
  13-segmented 
  antenna 
  with 
  three 
  distinct 
  ring 
  

   segments, 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  malar 
  grooves, 
  the 
  unexcavated 
  

   face, 
  the 
  subobsolete 
  parapsidal 
  grooves, 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  a 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  groove 
  on 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  the 
  distinctly 
  sculptured 
  thorax 
  and 
  

   the 
  metallic 
  green 
  color 
  seem 
  to 
  exclude 
  it 
  from 
  close 
  relationship 
  

   with 
  Cerocephala 
  . 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  place 
  it 
  definitely. 
  

  

  