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SuPERFAMiLY VII. CHALCIDOIDEA. 

 1758. Cynips, Linne (partim), Syst. nat., Ed. 10", I., p. 343. 

 1802-05. Diplolepaires, Familie soixante deuxieme (partim) Latreille, Hist. Nat. 



Crust, et Ins., XIII., p. 198. 

 1802-05. Cynipseres, Familie soixante-troisieme (partim), opus, cit., p. 211. 

 1809. DiploleparisB, Familiaquinta (partim) Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins., III., p. 15. 

 1809. Cynipsera, Familia sexta (partim) Latreille, opus, cit., supra, p. 21. 

 1811. Diploleparia, Familia (partim) Spinola, Ann. du Mus. Natur., XVIL, p. 138. 

 1S20. Pteromalini, Familia (partim) Dalman, Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Hand!., p. 



132. 

 1825. Chalcidites, Quatrieme Tribu (partim) Latreille, Fam. Natur. d. Regne anim., 



p. 446. 

 1830. Chalcida, Family, Leach, Edinb. Encycl., IX., p. 144. 

 1840. Chalcididfe, Family, Westwood, Intro. Mod. Class. Ins., II., p. 154. 

 1846. Chalcidites, Order, Walker, List Chalc. Brit. Museum, I., p. 1. 

 1856. Chalcidite, Forster, Hym. Stud., II., pp. 1-90. 

 1875. Fteromalidte, Familia, Thomson, Hym. Skand., IV., p. 3. 

 1877. Chalcidita, Tribe 4, Forster, Ueber den Syst. Werth d. Fliigelg. bei d. Hym., 



p. 19. 

 1886. Chalcididae, Family, Howard, Ent. Amer., I., p. 197. 

 1897. Chalcidoidea, Superfamily VII., Ashmead, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, IV., 



p. 243. 



TABLE OF FAMILIES. 



1. Hiiid wings exceedingly uairow, linear, pedunculate at base ; ovipositor issuing from beneath just anterior 



to tip of abdomen ; antennae without a ring-joint, the scape rather small, short, compressed 12 



I Hind wings never very narrow, nor linear, not pedunculate at base ; ovipositor issuing far anterior to 

 the tip of abdomen ; antennse elbowed, with 1, 2, or 3 ring-joints, very rarely without, the scape 

 large and rather long 2 



2. Axillae triangularly produced or advanced forward into the basal region of the scapulie, their base or 



anterior margin on or in advance of an imaginary line drawn from tegula to tegula ; anterior tibial 



spur most frequently small or weak ; tarsi 3-4-jointed, rarely 5-jointed or heteromerous 10 



Axillfe normal, or at least never produced forward into the basal region of the scapulae, their base or 

 anterior margin straight and always back of an imaginary line drawn from tegula to tegula ; 

 anterior tibial spur large and strong ; tarsi 5-jointed (rarely 4-jointed, or 3- or 4-jointed in some 

 wingless males) 3 



3. Head in ? oblong, with a deep, broad longitudinal furrow above, the occipital margin superiorly, 



usually with a small recurved tubercle or spine at its middle ; mandibles or palpi most frequently 

 furnished with saw-like appendages ; anterior and posterior legs very stout, their tibiie very much 

 shorter than their femora, the middle legs very slender, sometimes aborted ; hypoi>ygium very 



