NO.120G. ICHNEUMON FLIES— ASH MEM). 129 



Areolet triangular, usually petiolate; claws simple. 



(991) 7?/«m((:TOf7u.s- Aslnnead, new genus. 

 (Type, Mkrodm diver suH Ctqssow.) 

 Areolet sessile, quadrate; daws cleft (Siani). 



(992) Chromotnicrodus Ashniead, new genus. 

 (Type, Chromomicrodus abbotti Ashmead, manuscript.) 

 Eyes very large, extending close to the base of the mandibles, the malar space 

 obsolete; areolet triangular or subtrapezoidal, not petiolate. 



(993) Zdomorpha Ashmead, new genus. 

 {Type, Zelomorpha arizonensis Ashmead.) 



8. Hind wings vilhout a closed discoidal cell, inner spur of hind tibite never half 



as long as the basal joint of tarsi; maxillary palpi normal. 



Areolet incomplete or wanting 10 



Areolet complete 9 



9. Areolet tetragonal or trapezoidal; subdiscoidal nervure in hind wings originat- 



ing at or below the middle of the discoidal nervure, rarely very slightly 

 above; metathorax areolated; abdomen with oblique or transverse 



impressed furrows (994) Bmchyrhopalum Kriechbaumer. 



Areolet triangular and usually petiolate; subdiscoidal nervure in hind wings 

 originating /or above the middle of the discoidal nervure; metathorax 

 not areolated (995 ) Microdns Latreil le. 



10. Subdiscoidal nervure in liind wings entirely absent, the transverse median ner- 



vure straight; metathorax short, exareolated (Australia). 



(996) Orgiloneura Ashmead, new genus. 

 (Type, Orgiloneura antipoda Ashmead, manuscript.) 



11. Areolet wider than long, trapezoidal; first abscissa of the radius thrice as long 



as the second ; marginal cell very wide 14 



Areolet quadrate or nearly; first abscissa of the radius not nearly thrice as long 

 as the second, most frequently shorter; marginal cell narrow 12 



12. Maxillary palpi 6-jointed; first abscissa of the radius usually shorter than the 



second ; hind wings normally celled 13 



Maxillary palpi 4-jointed; first abscissa of the radius longer than the second; 

 hind wings with a discoidal cell and two marginal cells. 



(997) Svellenius Westwood. 



13. Mesonotum without furrows or the furrows are indistinctly defined; metanotum" 



iiot areolated, at the most with two median longitudinal carinoe; claws 



simple (998) Earinus Wesmael. 



Mesonotum with deep furrows which are crenulate anteriorly; metanotum 

 areolated; claws cleft (999) Pxeudagathis Kriechbaumer. 



14. Maxillary palpi 5-jointed; abdomen narrow, subcompressed and acute at apex, 



the first segment long, petioliform, coarsely rugulose, the sides parallel. 



(1000) Meleoridea Ashmead, new genus. 

 (Type, Meleoridea longiventris Ashmead, manuscript. ) 



SiablHinily XI. C^RI3IOCIIILIN^3i;. 



1887. To.roneurinx, suV)family, Cresson, Byn. Hym. North America, p. BI. 

 1900. CardiocJdlime, Subfamily XI, Ashmead, Smith's Insects of New Jersey, 

 p. 592. 



Cardiochiles Nees (with three or four synon^mis) was included by 

 FOrster and other European authorities in the subfamily Microgas- 

 'ermw. In 1887, the Rev. T. A. Marshall, who furnished g-oncM-ie 

 :ables of the Brdconida' foi" Mr. Cresson's synopsis of the Hynienoptera 

 Proe. N. M.. vol. xxiii *J 



