ASHJtRAD : PLASSIFIfATION OF THE CHALCIP FIJES 269 



Antenna? 10-jointe<l, the tliird joint very lon^, as long as all of the otluT joints iiniti'd. 



Lirata Cameron (type L. hitcoj/ustcr Cam.). 



20. Thorax not pubescent, the .scutelluni always lousitndinally striate Kapala Cameron 



(type Eiicharis fuscida Fabr.). 

 Thorax clothed with a fine pubescence, the scutellum smooth, not lonj'ittidinally striate, the processes 



smooth to their apices, where they are transversely serrate Lasiokapala Ashmead 



(type L. scn-ala Ashni.). 



21. Scutelluni spincd, bidcntate or produced into long processes extending over the sculelluni 22 



Scutellum normal, simple 23 



22. Scutellum bidendate or produced into long processes that extend over the abdomen 28 



Scutellum produced into a spine-like process. 



Antenna; never more than l;>-jointed 29 



Antennic 18-jointed Saccharissa Kirby. 



2.3. Antenna; 10-13-jointed 24 



Antenna; 22-jointcd Eucharissa Westwood. 



24. Antenmo simjile, witliout branches 25 



AntenniB ramose or with branches 28 



25. Flagellar joints moniliform 2G 



Flagellar joints cylindrical, not moniliform 27 



26. Abdomen compressed, ascending Eucharis Latreille. 



Abdomen neither compressed nor ascending. 



First joint of tarsi much thickened Tricoryna K irby . 



First joint of tarsi very long, slender Metagea Kirliy. 



27. Antennse lO-U-jointed. 



Petiole of abdomen abruptly enlarged at apex ; thorax smooth Pseudometagea Ashmead. 



Petiole of abdomen normal, long, cylindrical ; thorax rugose Psilogaster Itlanchard. 



Antenna' 13-jointed, rather short ; thorax closely pun(;tate, the parapsidal furrows distinct : right man- 

 dible with two teeth within, the left with one tooth within Orasema Cameron. 



28. Scutellum spined, bidcntate or produced into long processes that extend over the abdomen 2i» 



Scutellum normal, unarmed. 



Antenna' with 4 branches ; wings hyaline Pseudochalcura Aslniiea<l. 



Antenna' with more than four branches ; wings with a substigmal cloud oi- fascia. 



Chalcura Kirby. 



29. Scutellum not conically produced into a .spine 30 



Scutellum conically produced into a spine Destefania Dalla Torre. 



30. Scutellum with the processes very long, usually as long as the alxlomen and sometimes very broad, 



forming a shield over the abdomc?i 32 



Scutellum bidcntate, the teeth lU'vcr very long. 



Metathorax armed with strong lateral projections or teeth 32 



Metathorax unarmed, without teeth. 



A hump-like elevation above the metapleura Stibula Spinola. 



No hump-like elevation above the metapleura Schizaspidia Westwood. 



31. Mi'tathoracic jirocesses curving downwards ; antenna' .sim])le Lophyrocera Cameron. 



Metathoracic ])roees.ses consisting of two hoi'i/.ontal teeth ; antenna' with 9 branches. 



Tetramelia Kirby. 



