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of posterior tibiae short; radial cell incomplete, the second abscissa of 

 radius only weakly indicated ; second cubital cell small, subtriangu- 

 lar, complete. 



SNELLENIUS PHILIPPINENSIS (Ashmead) (new combination) 



MicropUtis philippincnsis Ashmead, Journ. New York Ent. Soc, vol. 12, p. 20, 

 1904. 



Apparently the strongly compressed condition of the antennae in 

 the genotype of SneUenius is not of generic importance. The antennae 

 of Mid'oplitis pMUppinensis Ashmead, the type material of which is 

 in the United States National Museum, are not unusually compressed; 

 but, in my opinion, the species is unquestionably referable to SneUen- 

 ius. It agrees with the genotype, >iS'. volIenh(yvenii Westwood, in all 

 important respects, including the margination of the prepectus. 



Genus DIRRHOPE Foerster 



Dirrhope Foerster, Verb. Naturh. Ver. Preiiss. Rlieinl., vol. 7, p. 39, 1851. 

 (Genotype, Dirrhope rufa Foerster.) 



In his " Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconiden,"^ 

 Foerster separated his Microgasteroidae, on the basis of hairy eyes, 

 from the groui^s he called the Agathidoidae and Eumicrodoidae. 

 He placed Dirrhope in the Microgasteroidae, and it unquestionably 

 belongs there, but it will not run to that group in his key because 

 the eyes of the genotype are distinctly bare. Dirrhope further dif- 

 fers from most Microgasterinae but agrees with SneUenius Westwood 

 and Odontofoimica Enderlein (noAv Fomicia BruUe) in having the 

 prepectus distinctly margined. 



Subfamily NEONEURINAE 

 Genus NEONEURUS Haliday 



Keoneurus Haliday, Ent. Mag., vol. 5, p. 213, 1838. (Genotype, Neoneurus 



ha lida it Mar shall . ) 

 Ecclites FoERSTEU, Verb. Naturh. Ver. Preuss. Rheinl., vol. 19, p. 244, 1862. 



(Genotype, Ecclites clypeatus Foerster.) 



Ashmead ^ synonymized EccVtes Foerster with Neoneurus Haliday. 

 But somewhat later Bengtsson ^ stated that Ashmead's conclusion 

 was undoubtedly wrong; and Muesebeck^*' concurred, suggesting 

 that Ecclites might belong to the Blacinae. Examination of the 

 genotypes of both genera shows, however, that Ashmead was cor- 

 rect and that Ecclites Foerster must be held as a synonym of Neoneu- 

 rus Haliday as tj'pified by TV. halidaii Marshall. In view of the 

 misunderstanding evidenced by the literature referred to above, it 



' Verb. Naturh. Ver. Preuss. Rheinl., vol. 19, pp. 225-283, 1862. 

 *Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 19, p. 130, 1900. 

 9 Lund Univ. Ansslcr. N. B\ And. 2, vol. 14, no, 32, 1918. 

 i»Proc, U, S. Nat. Mus., vol. 61, p. 2, 1922. 



