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3. Eyes hairy : aiiteniiif l.'J-joiutt-d : axilliu meeting at base of scutellum Metapelma Westwdod 



(tyi)e M. spectahilis Westw.). 



4. Front femora much swollen o 



Front femora normal, or not much swollen 6 



5. Winged ; front femora armed with minute spines beneath ; oviiio.sitor very lonjr Oodera Westwood 



(type O. gracilis Westw.). 



Wingless ; front femora unarmed ; o^•illositor subexserted : head large, cjuadrate ; eyes rounded, bare ; 



temples broad Ooderella Ashmead (type 0. smithii Ashm.). 



6. First tarsal joint of middle legs without strong spines beneath, at most with hairs. 7 



First tarsal joint of middle legs wilh strong spines or minute black teeth beneath 8 



7. Mesonotum not impressed; axilhc triangular, meeting at base of scutellum .Charitopus Forster 



(type C. fulvirenlfis Fiirst.). 



8. Face deeply excavated, the front ocellus always placed in the furrow 9 



Face rarely deeply excavated, although often with deep antennal furrows, the front ocellus never 



placed in the fiirrow 12 



9. Middle tibise very long 10 



Middle tibise not very long 11 



10. Antenme inserted near the border of the mouth Stenoceroides Dalla Torre = Slenoccra Walker 



(type S. walkeri Curtis). 

 Antenuse inserted far above the mouth bordei- ; postmarginal vein greatly lengthened. 



Polymeria Forster (type P. coronata Thomson). 



11. Axillae not united at ba.se of the scutellum, their inner suture strongly curved : postmarginal vein very- 



short, scarcely developed, or rarely longer than the stigmal vein Eusandalum Ratzeburg 



= Balcha Walker = liatzeburgiu Forster (type E. abbreriotiim Eatz.). 



12. Eyes hairy or pubescent 13 



Eyes bare 14 



13. Scutellum with a broad base against the mesonotum, the axillse being widely separated 26 



Scutellum with a narrow base against the mesonotum, the axillie approximate or united at base of 



scutellum 17 



14. Hind tibire with 2 apical spurs 15 



Hind tibiae with 1 apical spur 16 



15. Anteiiniie inserted below the middle of the face ; stigmal vein very long, curved. . . .Calosoter Walker 



(type Pteromalus eneubaliis Walk.). 



Antenme inserted above the middle of the fiice ; stigmal vein very .short Chirolophus Haliday 



(type C. eqiies Haliday). 



16. Head large, transverse, wider than the thorax, the eyes large, oblong oval, convergent above, the 



vertex, however, not especially narrow, the lateral ocelli close to the eyes but not touching the inner 

 margin ; antennse subclavate, inserted a little below the base of the eyes, and widely separated ; 



abdomen depressed, not longer than the thorax, the ovipositor hidden Solindenia Uameron 



(type S. piclicorni)i Cam.). 



17. Second dorsal abdominal segment short, not incised at apical margin 18 



Second, third and fourth dorsal abdominal segments usually incised medially at apical margin, the 



second the largest segment 19 



18. Stigmal vein not short ; abdomen oval, narrower than the tliorax, oviixisitor exserted. 



Brasema Cameron (type B. brevixpina Cam.). 



