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abdominal spiracles wanting or concealed; eyes converging abov^; 

 antennae inserted much below the eyes and below the apparent cly- 

 peus; proepimeron wanting; first perapteron wanting; propodeum 

 not divided; anterior wings with two cubital cells; fore tarsi of 

 female 3-jointed, of male 5-jointed. 



Family ORYSSID^ Cameron. 



Oryssites Newman, Ent. Mag., vol. 2, 1834, p. 409. 



Oryssina Thomson, Hym. Scand., vol. 1, 1871, p. 331. 



Oryssidx Cameron, Monogr. Brit. Phy. Hym., vol. 3, 1889, p. 137. — Sharp, Cambr. 



Nat. Hist., vol. 5, 1895, p. 506.— Ashmead, Can. Ent., vol. 30, 1898, p. 177— 



Bradley, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 27, 1901, p. 317 — Rohwer, Proc. 



Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. 13, No. 4, 1911, p. 217— Enslin, Deutsch. Ent. Zeit,, 



1911, p. 438. 

 Oryssinae Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., vol. 1, 1894, p. 378. 

 Oryssini Konow, Term. Fuz., vol. 20, 1897, p. 602; Genera Insectorum, fas. 28, 



1905, p. 9. 



Characters of the superfamily. 



GENERIC synopsis. 



The following generic synopsis is adapted from Konow, 1905&, page 

 177. Lithoryssus Brues is omitted (see p. 148). 



Vertex tuberculate 1. 



1. Face without carinee Oryssus Latreille. 



Face with two or four carinse 2. 



2. Facial carinae convergent, two in number C/ialinus Konow. 



Facial carina divergent 3, 



3. Discoidal cell sessile; face with four carinse Mocsarya Konow. 



Discoidal cell petiolate; face with two carinse 4. 



4. Posterior orbits with a carina; anal cell of the fore wings petiolate. 



Stirocorsia Konow. 

 Posterior orbits without a carina; anal cells of the fore wings broadly contracted. 



Ophryjiopus Konow. 



Genus CHALINUS Konow. 



Chalinus Konow, Term. Fuz., vol. 20, 1897, p. 605. 

 Type. — Oryssus plumicornis Guerin (Rohwer, 1911). 



Chrysoryssus Ashmead, Can. Ent., vol. 30, 1898, p. 177. 

 Type. — Oryssus imperialis Westwood (Monobasic). 



Genus MOCSARYA Konow. 

 Mocsarya Konow, Term. Fuz., vol. 20, 1897, p. 608. 

 Type. — Oryssus metallicus Mocsary (Monobasic). 



Genus STIROCORSIA Konow. 

 Stirocorsia Konow, Ent. Nachr., vol. 23, 1897, p. 372. 

 Type. — Stirocorsia Tcolili Konow (Monobasic). 



' Ashmead, 1898, saj's that Haliday 1839 recognized this group as a family, but no record of such has been 

 found. 



