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7. Hind femora much swollen, minutely denticulate beneath 10 



Hind femora much swollen and armed beneath with large, distinct teeth or at least with one large 



tooth. 



Hind femora armed with 1 to 3 large teeth 8 



Hind femora armed with several teeth Chalcedectes Walker. 



8. Hind femora with one large tooth 9 



Hind femora with three large teeth Cleptimorpha Walker. 



9. Head and thorax coarsely, reticulately punctate Chalcidiscelis Ashmead. 



Head and thorax not coarsely reticulately punctate, the niesonotum almost smooth. 



Systolomorpha Ashmead. 



10. Antenna' 11-jointed 11 



Antennaj 10-joiuted Amotura Cameron. 



11. Metathoracic spiracles reniform Agamerion Haliday. 



Metathoracic spiracles oval Euchrysia Westw ood. 



Subfamily II. Clennymin;e. 

 1897. Cleonyminie, Subfamily II, Ashmead, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, iv, pp. 

 201, 202. 

 To this group belong the better known genera of the family, namely Cleonipnus, 

 Chdropachys, TrigunoJerus, Acroronnu.% etc., genei-a of world-wide distribution. It 

 is the largest group of the family and includes many genera and species. Most 

 of the species appear to attack only coleopterous larv;e and are of great economic 

 importance, since they destroy beetles destructive to our fruit, shade and forest trees. 



TABLE OF GENERA. 



1. Females 2 



Males 23 



2. Anterior femora more or less distinctly swollen, and never excised dentate beneath 18 



Anterior femora iiuieb swollen, or e.vcised dentate beneath • 3 



3. Pronotum not inueli narrowed and always wider than long 4 



Pronotum nuuh lengthened and narrowed, longer than wide. 



Front femora greatly swollen, but not excised dentate beneatli ; abdunieii conieally produced, 

 but not much longer than the head and thorax united. 



Heydenia Fiirster (type H. pretiosa Fiirster). 

 Front femora much swollen, and excised dentate beneath ; abdomen elongate, conieally produced. 



Lycisca Spinola (type L. rciptoria Spinula). 



4. Eyes bare 1 



Eyes pubescent. 



Ovipositor very long 6 



Ovipositor not prominent, at the most subexserted. 



Abdomen subrotund, oblong or conic-ovate, the sides rounded, not carinated 5 



Abdomen conic-ovate, or conieally lengthened, the sides distinctly carinated. 



Epistenia Westwood (type E. ca-ndea Westw.). 



