No.1'206. ICHNEUMON FLIES— ASIIMEAD. 147 



ovipositor very long, nearly the length of the body; maxillary 4 — , 



labial palpi, S-joiutc'd (1115) Painholidcit Aslunead, new geuun. 



(Type, Pamholidea yumn, Ashuicad, manust-ript.) 



5. Front wings with only one cubital cell 13 



Front wings with hvo cubital cells. 



Marginal cell completely closed , 6 



Marginal cell open at apex. 



Hind tibiae in male thickened clariform (1116) Acrisis Forstcr. 



6. First cubital and first discoidal cells not confluent, distinctly separated 7 



First cubital and first discoidal cells confluent, the first abscissa of the cubitus 



wanting 10 



7. Recurrent nervure received by the first cubital cell 8 



Recurrent nervure interstitial or received by the second cubital cell; mesonotuni 



trilobed (1117) ifonokxis Forster. 



8. Transverse median nervure present; the second discoidal cell is therefore 



distinct 11 



Transverse median nervure wanting; the second discoidal cell is therefore absent 

 or confluent with the submedian cell 9 



9. Antenna; 13-jointed; basal joint of the hind tarsi stout or incrassated, and as 



long as all the other joints united. Female. . (1112) Sactopus Ashmcad. 

 Antenna; more than 13-jointed; basal joint of the hind tarsi normal. 



Subdiscoidal nervure interstitial (1118) Ecphylus Forster. 



Subdiscoidal nervure not interstitial (1119) Euchasmus Marshall. 



10. Submedian and the second discoidal cells confluent, the tranverse median 



nervure wanting; antenna in female 16-jointed (Hawaii). 



(1120) Paraecphylus Ashmead, new genus. 

 (Type, Paraecphylus websteri Ashmead, manuscript. ) 



11. Hind wings in male leitli a stigma. 



Cubitus distinct, not obliterated just behind the first transverse cubitus 12 



Cubitus obliterated just behind the first transverse cubitus. 



(1121) J/(oco/ms FOrster. 



12. Abdomen elongate, mucli longer than the head and thorax united, the second 



and third segments distinctly separated by a transverse suture. 



(1122) Polysteuus Forster^ Rhoj^trocenir us Marshall. 



Abdomen oval, 7*0/ longer than the head and thorax united, the second and 



third segments (juite coalescing (see p. 146).. (1113) Pamholus Haliday. 



13. Cubical cell separated from the first discoidal cell; subdiscoidal vein interstitial. 



(1123) Achoristvs Ratzeburg. 

 Cubital cell confused or confluent with the first discoidal cell. 



(1124) reZe6oZ«s Marshall. 



Tribe II. HORMIINI. 



1862. Rhyssaloidx, Family 7, Fokster (part). Verb. d. naturh.Ver. pr. Rheinl., 



XIX, pp. 227 and 241. 

 1862. Hormioida; Family 5, Forster, Verb. d. naturh. Ver. pr. Rheinl., XIX, 



pp. 227 and 240. 

 1885. Hortiuidrs MAiisnxLh, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., p. 9. 



1887. Hormihiw, Subfamily, Cresson, Syn. Hym. North America, p. 58. 



1888. Hormiidie, Tribe YII, Marshall, Species des Hym. des Braconides, I, 

 p. 66. 



1900. irormiiiii, Tril)e II, Ashmead, Smith's Insects of New Jersey, p. 597. 



Thi.s tribe, in liaviiio- thc!il)doimMi sessile, ugrees with the tribe Pam- 

 boiiiil, but is readily separated by the venation of the front wings, 



