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5. Al)(loinen in female very lonsj; and much compressed toward apex. 



(44) Limerodes Wesmael. 

 (Type, Limerodes ophionovenlrh Wesmael.) 

 Alxlomen in female neither especially long nor compressed toward apex. 



Abdomen in female witli 7 dorsal segments; joints 12-16 of male antennpe 



not widened 6 



Abdomen in female with 8 dorsal segments; joints 12-16 of male antenn;e 

 somewhat widened. 

 iScutellum Jiormal . 



Metathorax unarmed, the spirales oval; abdomen very slender. 



(45) Ihjiiomecus Wesmael. 



(Type, Ilyponiecus albitarsis Wesmael.) 



Metathorax normal, bispinose, or bidentate, the spirales elongate 



or linear; a1)domen not slender; male antenna? slender, the 



joints nodulose beneath. 



Al)donien without ventral fold, except sometimes on first segment; 



gastrocoeli and thyridia large, deep, broader than the space 



between; seventh segment in both sexes black; areola of 



metanotum in outline circular with its apex truncate. 



(46) Cteniclineumon Thomson. 



(Type, Amblyteles funereus Gravenhorst. ) 



Abdomen with ventral fold on segments 1 and 2 or 1 to 3; gastrocoeli 



and thyridia small or moderate. 



Mesosternal epicnemia entire; dorsal abdominal segments 6 



and 7 spotted with white or yellow; hypopygium large, 



almost entirely covering the terebra; third ventral segment 



rarely with a fold (47) Spi/irhneunion Thomson. 



(Type, Amblyteles occisorius Gravenhorst. ) 

 Mesosternal epicnemia not entire; anus usually pale; hypopy- 

 gium usually not attaining the terebra; third ventral seg- 

 ment usually with a fold. 



Upper hind angles of metathorax unarmed. 



(48) Pscndamhlyteles Ashmead, new genus. 



(Type, Amblyteles ■putUalurins Gravenliorst.) 



Upper hind angles of metathorax distinctly bisi)inose or 



1 )identate (49) Amhhjteles Wesmael. 



(Type, Irlmeunion bidentorivs Fabricius=_/W,sci!'a/orm.s Wesmael.) 

 Bcntellum gibbous; metathorax bidentate; abdomen short, oval. 



(50) Hybjphorus Kriechbaumer. 

 (Type, Ichneumon aidaciis Gravenhorst.) 



6. Pronotal furrow normal, not interrupted medially by an elevation or keel... 7 

 Pronotal furrow interrupted medially by an elevation or keel. 



(51) Aitisolms Wesmael. 

 (Type, Ichnexiiium cingiiJatorms Wesmael.) 



7. Tarsi on the underside pilose, irllhout or with very small spines. 



INIetathorax with the areola longei- than wide. 



(52) Hepiopelmns Wesmael. 

 ,Type, Ichneumon leucostignms Gravenhorst.) 

 Tarsi on the underside pilose, villi strong spines. 



Clypeus anteriorly strongly rounded and medially toothed or angulated. 



(53) Acolohux, Wesmael. 

 (Tyi)i', Acolobus sericeus Wesmael.) 



