ASITMEAD : CLASSIFlrATION OF TIIF, (ilALCID FIJES 813 



mctatliorax and tlie greater luiiuber of joiiitis in tlie antenna' readily separate it from 

 the Euvofiviv. 



Large subfamilies, I tliink, should be separated into tribes, in order to facilitate 

 quicker the recognition of genera and to show better their aftinilies. 



I have, therefore, recognized />>»*■ tribes, l)ased upon tlie nuinln'r of teeth in the 

 mandibles. 



TABLE OF TKIBES. 



1. Both iiiniidililts nnt :!-<l(iil;\tc 2 



Bolli iii;uHlil)los 3-(ientiite Tril.r I. jrchiponini. 



2. Lofl niaiulible 3-dentate, the right 4-(UMit;itc. 



Antemiaj inserted on or near tho niiddU' <if' the lUcc, always alwvc an imaginary line drawn 



from the base of the eyes Tribe II. Raphitclini. 



Antennae inserted far below the middle of the face, on or btdow an iniasinary line drawn from 



the base of the eyes Trilx' III. Kntclini. 



Both mandibles 4-dentate Tribe IV. Pteronialini. 



Tkihk I. Mvtiiponini. 

 The three dentate mandibles distinguish the tribe. All of the species, so far as 

 the records go, with a single exception, are parasites of coleopterous larvie. 



TABLE OF GENERA. 



1. Females 2 



Males. ■ 11 



2. Head triangular, narrowed tt.wards the moutli, eyes laige, rounded, convex ; presternum large, me.so- 



sternal furrow distinct ; metathoraeic spiracles rounded, remote from the postscutellum 3 



Head not triangular, viewed from in front, more rounded, very slightly wider than long ; eyes ob- 

 long-oval or oval; presternum not large; mesostcrnal furrow not distinet ; vertex broad; meta- 

 thoraeic spiracles not rounded 5 



3. Vertex not acute medially 4 



Vertex broad, acute medially, the frons impressed. 



Abdomen conieally pointed Etroxys West wood {K. Kccnicus Westw.). 



4. First joint of funiclc larui\ fully twice as long as thick. 



Holcaeus Thomson (type Ktrnxi/n iliehroiii^ Dalm.). 

 First joint «l' funicle small, not or hardly l.\ times as long as thick. 



Cricellius Thomson (type C. drcipims Thoms.). 



T). Club of antennse not white <> 



Club of antennie white or yellowish. 



Metathorax short, with a small siil)glol)ose neck, punctate, the spiracles small, rounded ; liead 

 transverse, wider than the thorax ; antenme inserted near the middle of the face, the flagel- 

 lum subfiliform, the first joint of the funicle tlie largest. 



Chrysoglyphe Ashmead (tyiic C ajiiruHs \s]un.). 



(\. Antenme much thickened toward apex, clavate 10 



Antennie not much thickened toward ai)ex, liliform or at most subclavate 7 



