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attached rather low on propodeum ; female hind coxa without an 

 internal groove for holding ovipositor; tarsal claws simple; areolet 

 present; apex of costellan vein with one to several hamuli; spiracle of 

 first abdominal segment near its apical 0.36. 



This tribe includes the Neo tropic genus Habryllia and the world- 

 wide genus Brachycyrtus. The species are small and bright colored. 

 They parasitize chrysopid pupae. None of them are common in 

 collections. Walkley (1956, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 106, pp. 

 315-329) has revised the species of the world. The treatment of the 

 two Nearctic species below is adapted from her publication, which can 

 be referred to for additional information. 



We take this opportunity to note that Walkley's treatment omits 

 Brachycyrtus luteoniger Seyrig 1952, from Madagascar; B. luteoniger 

 fianarensis Seyrig 1952, from Madagascar; (Hemigaster) Brachycyrtus 

 eublemmae Rao 1953, from India; and {Xanthocharops) Brachycyrtus 

 primus Morley 1912, from the Seychelles. The first two are in a paper 

 which has only recently become known and was missed by the Zoologi- 

 cal Record. The fourth was described as a new genus incorrectly 

 placed in the Porizonini. We saw the type in London and found it 

 to be a typical Brachycyrtus. 



1. Genus Brachycyrtus 



Figure 307,b 



Brachycyrtus Kriechbaumer, 1880, Corresp.-Blatt. Zool.-Min. Ver. Regensburg, 



vol. 34, p. 161. Type: Brachycyrtus ornatus Kriechbaumer; monobasic. 

 Proterocryptus Ashmead, 1906, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 30, p. 174. Type: 



Proterocryptus nawaii Ashmead; monobasic. 

 Xanthocharops Morley, 1912, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 15, p. 173. New 



synonymy. Type: Xanthocharops primus Morley; monobasic. 

 Vakau Cheesman, 1928, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, vol. 1, p. 189. Type: 



Vakau taitensis Cheesman; original designation. 

 Brachycyrtomorpha Kreihbohm de la Vega, 1940, Rev. Industr. Agric. Tucum&n, 



vol. 3, p. 170. Type: Brachycyrtomorpha crossi Kreihbohm de la Vega; 



monobasic. 



Body about 5 to 9 mm. long; occipital carina meeting hypostomal 

 carina before base of mandible; eye deeply or strongly emarginate near 

 antennal socket; flagellum with 24 to 27 segments, the first segment 

 3 to 4 times as long as wide; temple short, slightly convex; sterna ulus 

 usually short but distinct; propodeum perpendicular beyond the short 

 basal area; first sternite straight or more or less upcurved apically; 

 gastrocoeli present. 



There are a few, rare or uncommon species in this genus, widely 

 distributed over the World. Two are in Nearctic America. 



