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Mesonotum lu^terless. 

 Mesonotum with fine, sharp, longitudinal striae. Body short. 

 Scape very slighdy broadened, it at all; funicle 5- or 6 



jointed *Genus Holcothorax Mayr. 



Mesonotum with thick, sharp and fine thimble-like punctures. 

 Funicle 6-jointed. 



Funicle joints thicker than long. Marginal vein wanting 



Genus Aphycus Mayr. 

 Fii^st five funicle joints longer than thick. Marginal vein 



present, although short Genus Blastothrix Mayr. 



Mesonotum more or less lustrous. 

 Fore wings not ciliate. Antennae very long and thin; 6th 



funicle joint shortest, but live times as long as wide 



Genus Psilophrys Maj r. 

 Fore wings ciliate. Last funicle joint not so long. 



Marginal vein one-half as long again as stigmal. Scapulte 



meet in a short carina. Antennae longer than body. . . . 



Genus Leptomastix Foerster. 



Marginal vein much shorter. Scapulae make no median 



carina. 



Antennae very thin; pedicel three times as long as thick: 



club almost as thin as the funicle joints 



*Genus Liothorax Ma) r« 

 Antennae thicker; pedicel shorter; club stouter than 



funicle Genus Encyrtus Dalman. 



MALES. 



Funii le with only two short joints. The club unusually long, cylindrical 



*Genus Habrolepis Foerster. 

 Funicle 6- jointed. 



Mesonotum before tegulae with a deep impression. Second and fifth funicle joint 



3-cornered when seen from the side. . . *Genus Prionomitus Mayr. 



Mesonotum with no impression. Funicle joints not triangular. 

 Funicle joints each with two half whorls of long hairs. 

 Marginal vein longer than stigmal. 



Mesonotum with close flat silver-white hairs, scutellum usually with a bunch 



of upright spiny hairs at tip Genus Chiloneurus Westwood. 



Mesonotum with brownish -yellow hairs, scutellum with no erect bunch of 

 hairs. 



Marginal vein shorter than stigmal *Genus Cerapterocerus Westwood. 



Head and upper side of thorax thickly covered with very large round punct- 

 ures Genus Bothriothorax Ratzeburg. 



I lead and thorax not so sculptured. 

 Wings with long cilia. Head and th irax very finely shaggreened and 



lustrous. Body small and flat Genus Rhopus Foerster. 



Wings with short cilia. Body finely punctate, lusterless 



Genus Blastothrix Mayr. 

 Funicle joints equally clothed with long or short hairs; no half whorls. 



Scutellum before its tip with a bunch of erect, black hairs 



Genus Comys Foerster. 

 Scutellum with no bunch of hairs. 

 Funicle strongly compressed. 



