ASHMEAD : CLASSIFICATION OF Till', CIIA 1,(11) FLTKS 283 



5. Labrum inconspicuous oi- hidden 7 



Labrum conspicuous. 



Abdomen conic-ovate Cleonymus Latreillc (type Ichneumon depresxtis Fabr ). 



Abdomen sul>r()tnn<l ; anteunje 12-jointe(l, with lluyc ring-joints Micradelus Walker 



(type M. roltimhi^ Walk.). 



6. Abdomen with the lirst and fif'tli segments the longest ; antennic ll-joiiiled Belonea Westwood 



(type li. (iiistralica Westw.). 

 Abdomen witli tlie first segment longer than the three following, (he third produced into a sharp tri- 

 angular jioint at the rai<hlle ; antcnnie H-jointed Cameronella Dalla Torre, = Panlhalis Cameron 



(type P. blackburnii Cam.). 



7. Ab(h)nien oblong or long-ovate ; mesouotum with the furrows only slightly indicated anteriorly ; fifth 



abdominal .segment nearly as long as the first four .segments united, the second and the third to- 

 gether hardly longer than the fourth, the Rist and fourth subequal ; front wing.s maculate. 



Ptinobius .Vshmead (type Charilopus magnijicus Ashm.). 



8. Winged <j 



Apterous. 



Abdomen ovate, ending in a long ovijxjsitor ; aiiteiin;e 13-jointed, with thri'e ring-joints. 



Cea Haliday (type C. pulicaria llaliday). 



9. Abdomen conic-ovate, or conical, the terminal segment tubular, the ovipositor very long 10 



Abdomen as seen from above rotund, compressed or carinate beneath. 



Front wings hyaline, the stigmal vein hardly two thirds the length of the marginal, and a little 

 shorter than the postmarginal ; metathorax with lateral folds, the spiracles oval-elliptic. 



Tomicobia Ashmead (type T. tibialis Ashm,). 

 Abdomen conic-ovate, the segments subequal, the ovipositor not ex.serted. 



Front wings ivith two transverse bands or macuhe ; pronotum transverse-quadrate, narrowed 



medially ; pedicel not lengthened Cheiropachys Westwood (type Sphex colon Linn6). 



Front wings without bands or macuhe ; pronotum tran.sverse-(|uadrate, but not narrowed medially 



and well separated ; pedicel much lengthened Schizonotus Ratzeburg 



(type S. siebolclil Ratzeb.). 



10. Last twoabdominalsegments very long, tubular, Thaumasura Westw 1 (typo T. terebrulor Westw.). 



Last five abdominal .segments very slendei-, tul)ular, Solenura Westwood (type S. telescopica Westw.). 



11. Mesothoracic furrows complete . : 16 



Mesothoracic furrows incomplete, indicated only anteriorly, 



Pronotum short, narrowed medially 12 



Pronotum very long, conical !•"> 



12. Marginal vein not thickened 18 



Marginal vein thickened, shorter than the i)ostmarginal. Zapachia Fiirster (tyiie X. apilaplcni Filrst.). 



1.3. Abdomen ovi'.l, hardly as long as the thorax, above dejiressed 14 



Abdomen conical, longer than the thorax, the segments after the first, which is the longest, subequal. 



Front wings with one ti-ansverse band, the stigmal club large Acrocormus Fiirster 



(type A. semifasciatus Thorns.). 

 Front wings without a band, the stigmal cluli small. Caudonia Walker (type C. agijlla Walk.). 

 14. Front wings with a large, broad fuscous band beneath, the marginal and stigmal veins having a tri- 

 angular hyaline streak within from the marginal vein ; .stigmal vein long, subclavate, as long as the 



marginal : fiuiicle joints 3 to fi a little wider than long Brachycaudonia .V.shmead g. nov. 



(tvpe />'. callfnrnica Ashni.), 



