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Prothorax not narrowed into a neck anteriorly; eyes not convergent anteri- 

 orly; temples neither flat nor oblique (347) Eugalta Cameron. 



(Type, Eugalta strigosa Cameron. ) 



11. Eyes wfth the inner margin eniarginate or subemarginate; middle vein in hind 



wings distinct to the base 12 



Eyes with the inner margin entire, not at all emarginate; middle vein in hind 

 wings sometimes obsolete at base. 

 Middle vein in hind wings distinct to base; metathorax are(j]ated. 



Metathorax irregularly transeversely striate, and with a shallow median 

 furrow on the basal three-fourths. 



(348) Pseudeugalta Ashmead, new genus. 

 (Type, Eugalta spinoKa Caiueron.) 

 Metathorax smooth and polished, without a median furrow, the spira- 

 cles small, round; disco-cubital nervurenot broken by a stump of a 

 vein; transverse median nervure in hind wings broken helov^ the 



middle (Africa) (349) Zonopimpla Ashmead, new genus. 



(Type, Zonopimpla albidnda Ashnmad, manuscript.) 

 Middle vein in hind wings toward base obselete; metathorax more or less 

 distinctly areolated, the areola and the petiolar area confluent; hind 

 femora not much swollen ; ( )vipositor longer than the abdomen. 



(350) Idiogamma Forster. 

 (Type, Idiogamma euryops Forster.) 



1 2. Mesonotum with sharply defined parapsidal furrows, which converge and meet 



before attaining the base of the scutellum; claws stout, simple; 

 metathorax with the upper hind angles toothed, without an areola, 

 but with a distinct petiolar area; hind femora with a small tooth 

 beneath toward apex; transverse median nervure in hind wings 



hrokeix far above th.Q middle (351) Xi^sopmjoZa Kriechbaumer. 



(Tyj>e, Lissopim,ple 8-guttata Kriechbaumer. ) 



Mesonotum without distinct parapsidal furrows, either entirely wanting or only 



vaguely defined anteriorly; hind femora more or less thickened; 



ovipositor at most never larger than the abdomen, usually shorter. 



Claws simple, not pectinate 14 



Claws very large, strongly pectinate 13 



13. Metathorax loith a distinct areola and a petiolar area. . (352) Theronia Holmgren. 



(Type, Pimpla flamcans Fabricius.) 

 Metathorax without either an areola or a petiolar area. 



Head normal, the malar space short (353) Neotheronia Krieger. 



(Type, Theronia toUeca Cresson. ) 

 Head subrostriform, the malar space long. (See p. 57.) 



(366) Echthromorphd Holmgren. 



14. Metathorax exareolated but with a strong transverse apical area, the upper 



hind angles dentate or tuberculate; hind femora unarmed. (New 



Zealand. ) (354) Allotheronia Ashmead, new genus. 



(Type,. Allotheronia 12-guttata Ashmead, manuscript.) 



15. Last joint of antennae not longer than the two preceding joints united; last joint 



of hind tarsi two or more times longer than the preceding joint. 1(5 



Last joint of antennae large, oblong, longer than the two preceding joints united; 



last joint of hind tarsi not fully twice as long as the preceding joint. 



Face clothed with long silvery hairs; scutellum only slightly margined at 



sides; metathorax areolated (355) Sldbops F(")rster. 



(Type, Pimpla veluta Gravenhorst. ) 



16. Clypeus distinctly separated; eyes rarely hairy 18 



Clypeus not separated; eyes either liairy or bare, with their inner margin entire, 



or at most itnlv slight Iv fiiiaririnate 17 



