F.XPLANATIOX To IT.ATKS. 



I'LATi: I. 



Fk;. 1. Epyringrandis. — l\,Heatl: r. vertex; o, ocelli; ot, occiput; ^, <>ena, or cheek; 

 /', face; e, eye; c/, clypeus; «, antenua; .vc, scaije; j). pedicel; /, nagelhim; 

 mxjj, maxillary i>alpi; /6j;, labial palpi ; m, luaudiblcs. T, Thorax: jj/, pro- 

 thorax; c, collar; j>)(, pronotmn; j>, propleurou; jj.s/m, prosternuiii; sj), 

 spiracles; ms, mesoscutnm ; pf\ parapsidal furrows; j>, parapsides, or scap- 

 ulie; s, luesoscutelluni or scutcllum; kx, axilla; tups, iiiesopostscutelluui; 

 ^/, tegula, or wiug scale; 7j(y>, uujsoplcurou; (/(.s/zk, mesosteriuiin ; <'7>, epi- 

 sternum; mit, metathorax; iiui, luctanotuni; sp. spiracles; mtj), metapleu- 

 ron ; ihn, insertiou of hiud wings. A. Ahdomcii : 1 2. 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, dorsal 

 segments ortergites, number 1 usually designated as the petiole; 2, 3, 4, 5, 

 and 6 Tirites, or ventral segments ; i or nk, sheaths conjoined, forming a tub:* 

 for the terebra (Iba), or ovipositor proper; spe, spicuhe; c.r. c.r, c.r, coxa- ; 

 //•, //•, ti\ trochanters (1-jointed); fr. ft: fi\ ieuiora ; la, ia, ta, tiliia-; th>:. 

 tibial spur, the middle and posterior tibi.i' l)cing 2-s)iurre<l ; ^v, tarsi-; d. 

 claws; j;r, pulvillus. 



2. Maxilla: tttr, mixilla; s, stipes; c, cirdo; p/r, i.aliiif.-r: itirp, maxillary 



palpi; !/a, galea; la, lacinia. 



3. Lahiutti : phj, palpiger; Ip, labial palpi. 



4. Frottt witKj of Pfistoccra atra h'litt/. — ''. costal nervurc ; sr, subcostal or sub- 



marginal ncrvun- ; tti, median nervurc; sm, submedian or anal nervurc; 

 .s/, stigma, or marginal nervurc stii/tttatcd : r, radius, or radial nervurc; 

 rht. cubital nervurc; sd, subdiscoidal nervurc; '■, basal nervurc; Itti, 

 transverse median nervure; d, first recurrent nervurc; sr, second recur- 

 rent nervurc; /■/(', first transverse cubital nervurc; sl<: second transverse, 

 cubital nervurc. CcUx : 1, costal; 2, first basal; 3, second basal ; 4, anal; 

 ,'), marginal or radial; t>, lirst discoidal; 7, second discoidal ; S. third dis- 

 coidal; 9, lirst submarginal; 10, second submarginal ; 11. third submar- 

 ginal; 12, iirst apical ; 13, second ai>ical. 



5. Ilitid witt(/ of Bvljiia: sc, costal and subcostal united at base; iii, median 



nervurc; .s/, stigma with hooks; /;, basal nervnre; c/;^ cnbit.-il. Crll.s : 1, 

 costal cell (open); 2. liasal; 3, anal. 

 (5. OvipoKiior of Ffociolrtipoi candaliis Say: .s7(,s. shcatlis conJoiiHid, very long 

 an(l( urvcdat tip; iha. terebra, or ovijiositor i)roi>cr; Itp. basal i>latcs ; f<pc, 

 spicuhe ; ><pl, basal lolics of spicula'. 



7. OviposHof of Ep!iti>> //ratidis (exlcrtial ricw): alts, slieatlis; tlxi, tercUr.-i, or 



ovipositor proi>er. with the two si)icuhc {i<pc). 



8. The same (inicrtwl vinr) : s/i.s, sheaths or tube; //"( , ovij.ositor ]iri>])er; sjw^ 



spiculfc, base and apex; bp, basal plates. 



9. Cfoss seclion of sattic : A. a section from near the base; 15, from near the tip 

 10. Male fjetiitalia of Epyris cufhotiarUtx : A, viewed Iroin above; p, ])enal 



sheath, strongly exscrted ; o, orifice of i)enis; ((.v, upper slieath or i)late; 

 U, lower sheath. B, viewed from beneath: tis, upi)er sheatli.; /.s, lower 

 slieath; p, jxinis; pc, penal clasi>crs; hi. swollen basal loltes or plates, to 

 whieh the siicatlis are al t.ichcd. 



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