]liS kNToMOLOCIsClil', UKIMcHTivS. 



With eves on the metasoma. . . Histiogaster Berl. 

 With eyes on the metasoma (vide infra) Bonomoia Oudms. 



Without eyes 5 



All the legs slender; legs III and IV shorter and 



slenderer than legs I and If. usually turned forward 



Anoetus Duj. 

 All the legs short and thick; legs ITT and I Y usually 



turned hackward 6 



('laws on tarsi 1, II and 111 large, sickle-shaped. 



apt to clasp insect-hairs; tarsi IV without claw, 



with one long hair, accompanied by one or more 

 ö. 



shorter ones i 



\ 



('laws on tarsi 1. II and III short, at the utmost 

 boat-hook-shaped; tarsi IV with or without claw. 8 

 i One dorsal shield; this anteriorly rounded SennertiaOudms. 



j Two dorsal shields Trichotarsus ('an. 



Sternum posteriorly bifurcate; its branches united 

 with epimera II; these with epimerite II; 

 epimera III and IV united with an U-shaped 



j ventnmi Horstia Oudms. 



' Sternum free ( -' 



l Epimera III not united together 10 



| Epimera III united together 11 



/ Epimera III united with epimerite II; all the tarsi 

 I equal in armature. ..... Cerophagus Oudms. 



10. I Epimera III free; tarsi IV without (daw, without 

 j lancet-shaped sticking-hairs, with one or more 



long hairs Tortonia Oudms, 



All the tarsi almost equal in armature; tarsi IV 

 sometimes more over with a long thin hair. . 12 



11. Tarsi I V without claw, without lancet-shaped 

 sticking-b airs, with one or more long hairs. 



Vidia Oudms. 



