58 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vc.l.xxih. 



29. Claws vnihout a tooth beneath 30 



Claws ivitJi a tooth beneath at base. 



Transverse median nervure in hind wings broken /cu* above the middle and 



almost at a right angle (374) Iseropus Forster. 



(Type, Pimpla holmgreni Schmideknecht. ) ,. 

 Transverse median nervure in hind wings broken at or below the middle, J 

 seldom a little above, but usually at a very obtuse angle. 



(375) Epiurus Fdrster. 

 (Type, Pimpla ireriVorn/.s- Gravenhorst. ) 



30. The sharp lateral ridges of the mesonotum extend on to the scutellum; trans- 



verse median nervure in hind wings broken before the middle, but 



always at a right angle (376) Koplectis Fi'irster. ■ 



(Type, Pimjjla maeulata Gravenhorst. ) 

 The sharp lateral ridges of the mesonotum do not extend on to the scutellum; 

 transverse median nervure in hind wings broken at an obtuse angle 1 



at or before the middle. m (377) Eremochila Forster. j 



(Type, Pimpla ruficollis Gravenhorst.) 



31. Transverse cubital nervure variable, rarely much longer than the basal abscissa 



of the cubitus; scutellum rounded 32 



Transverse cubital nervure much longer than the basal abscissa of the cubitus, 

 i. e., the part lying between the disco-cubital nervure, or first recur- 

 rent, and the second recurrent; scutellum tetragonal, truncate pos- 

 teriorly, marked with yellow; segments 2-4, with two oblique lines 

 and with a transverse line before the apex; ovipositor shorter than 



the abdomen (378) Lycorina Holmgren. 



(Type, Lycorina tnangulifer Holmgren. ) 



32. Front femora not especially thickened, not excised 33 



Front femora gradually swollen before the middle to the tij) and excised, their 



tibife bent at the base, the last joint of tarsi stout with strong claws; 

 abdomen narrow, smooth, the first segment longer than wide, 

 bicarinate; ovipositor scarcely as long as the first segment. 



(379) Colpomerid Holmgren. 

 (Type, Colpomeria Ixvigator Holmgren.) 



33. Abdominal segments 2-4, iiithout oblique impressions; claws simple or rarely 



pectinate 36 



Abdominal segments 2-4, with oblique impressions or grooved lines; claws pecti- 

 nate, rarely simple. 



Claws not strongly and thickly pectinate 34 



Claws strongly and thickly pectinate (380) CtenocMra Fi)rster. 



( Type, CtenocMra bisinuator Forster. ) 



34. Frons tvith one or two tubercles or horns 35 



Frons normal, without a tubercle or horn. 



Metathorax more or less incompletely areolated; first joint of the fiagellum 



much longer than the second; claws simple, or at most with the 



hind claws thinly pectinate toward base. 



(381) (rZi/pia Gravenhorst. 



(Type, Glypta teres Gravenhorst.) 



35. Frons with o)?c tubercle or horn; metathorax more or less areolated with two 



median carinse and two large lateral areas at base; first joint of 

 fiagellum elongate; claws pectinate toward base. 



(382) Conoblastu Forster. 

 Frons with two tubercles or horns; metathorax exareolate, with only the apical 

 transverse carina present; first joint of fiagellum much elongate, 

 nearly as long as joints 2-3 united; claws long, pectinate within. 



(383) Diplastomorpha Forster. 



