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NO. 1206. ICHNEUMON FLIES— ASHMEAD. 95 



4(). Alxlonu'ii in female only moderately compre^ii^ed, vol wholly smooth, the siitiircs 

 (listiiift 47 



Abdomen wholly smooth, the sutures of segments very fine, male (female abdo- 

 men strongly compressed, see p. 91) (684) Angitia Holmgren. 



47. F'ace in female narrower than the vertex, the eyes converging somewhat ante- 



riority toward the mouth; petiole a little longer than the hind 



coxae ( 729) Melohorh Holmgren. 



Face in female not narrower than the vertex, the eyes not or very slightly con- 

 verging anteriorly; petiole very distinctly longer than the hind 

 coxa^. 



Stigma wide ( 730) Tranosema Forster. 



Stigma not wide, narrow. 



Postpetiole without lateral carinse ( 731 ) Campoletts Forster. 



Postpetiole ivith distinct lateral carinse (732) Limneria Holmgren. 



48. Recurrent nervure received by the areolet before the middle; antennee ringed 



with white [733 ) CalUdora Fcirster. 



Recurrent nervure received by the areolet beyond or behind the middle; anten- 

 nae not ringed with white, although sometimes with the flagellum 

 pale toward the base 49 



49. Last joint of hind tarsi shorter than the third; longer spur of hind tihive not two- 



thirds tic length of the basal joint of tarsi 50 



Last joint of hind tarsi as long as the third; longer spur of hind tibiie about two- 

 thirds the length of the basal joint of tarsi. 



(734) Ilolcocremnus Forster. 



50. Metathorax at the most incompletely aerolated, with only the spiracular areas 



distinguishable by faint I'arinae ("•>'5) Aniladns Forster. 



Metathorax distinctly or completely aerolated ( 736) Ameloctonus Forster. 



Tribe VI. PANISCINI. 



1900. Paniscini, Tribe VI, Ashmead, Smith's Insects of New Jersey, p. 582. 



This tribe i.s here characterized for the tir.st time. It approaches 

 nearest to the tribes Mcsochorini and the Banchlnl. Forster placed 

 most of the g-enera included in it among his family OjjJuonoida^ a 

 position not tenable, since the second recurrent nervure joins the 

 cubital vein heyond the transverse cul)itus and 7iot before it, as in all 

 genuine Ojjh Ion In L 



From the Mesocliorlni it is separated by the position of the spiracles 

 of the first abdominal segment, the different venation of the front 

 wings, and the totally different genital characters of the males. 



The characters made use of in my table of tribes ought to readily 

 distinguish these insects, but other characters not mentioned there are 

 the different facies of the head, the larger ej'es, which are subemar- 

 ginate or sinuate within, not distincth' entire, and the larger and more 

 prominent ocelli. 



Six genera have been placed in it, separable as follows: 



TABLE OF GENERA. 



Front wings w'dli an areolet 2 



Front wings tvithout an areolet. 



Scutellum convex, not margined laterally except at sides anteriorly or 



basally ( 737 ) OpludtoideuK Ashmead. 



Type, (>iih(it()idrns jo]iuso)il Ashmead, manuscript. 



