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TABLE OF (JENKKA. 



1 . Females 2 



Males 5 



2. Ovipositor strongly cxserted ; niar};inal vein about twice as lonj; as t 



antenna; with two ring-joints 



Ovipositor not cxsertefl, at the most with only the tip of the sheaths exposed. 



3. Antenn.'D 13-jointed, inserted just above the elypeus ; scape not attaining the 



transverse, the club not stout, rounded at tip Anogmus Fiirster (type A. strohiloriim Thoms). 



Antcnnic 13-jointed, inserted on the middle of the face or nearly, the flagellum stout, subdavate ; funicle 

 joints 3-6 stout, transverse, the club very stout, oblong Roptrocerus Hatzeburg. 



(type 1!. iijhiphagdriim Katz). 



4. Antenna' with tiro ring-joints ; abdomen conic-ovate, pointed at tiji. 



Abdomen longer than head and thorax united, carinatc beneath, the tliiid segment the shortest, 

 segments 4 and 5 increasing in lenglh, the sixth a little shorter tlian the fifth, seventh and 

 eighth subequal, about as long as the fourth, the eighth conical with the spiracles distinct ; 

 sheaths of ovipositor slightly projecting .Uriella Aslimead (type TJ. rufipes Ashm.)- 



Abdomen, as seen from above, conic-ovate, benealli compressed and strongly, triangidarly cari- 

 natc, as long as the thorax, segments 2-4 about equal, united not longer than t)ie first, meta- 

 thorax very short, smooth, but with a median carina, the spiracles rounded. 



Tropidogastra Ashmead, g. nov. (type T. arizoncmis Ashm.). 



5. Antenna; 13-jointed, with two ring-joints, inserted on or near the middle of the face 6 



Antennic 13-jointed, with Iwo ring-joints, inserted just above the elypeus Anogmus Forster. 



6. Metathoracic spiracles small, rounded; flagelUim long, filiform ; alidonun oblong-oval, fully as long as 



the thorax ; marginal vein slender, longer than the stigmal vein Roptrocerus Kat/.eburg. 



Metathoracic spiracles large, oval ; flagellum .shorter, subclavatc ; abdomen oblong-oval, a little longer 

 than the thorax, subcarinate beneath towards ba.sc ; marginal vein stout and not longer than the stig- 

 mal vein with its knob Ur'ella Ashmead. 



Tjmp.k II. Muishn. 

 This tfilx; is ;xt oiici! .separated from the /■■<()jil(i/liii hy hivviiig inciiiiiiiltlc, never 

 coinplete, iiie.sonotal furruw.s, thi; furrows ;it the most lieiiig indicated only 

 anteriorly. 



TABLE OF GENERA. 



1. Females 2 



Males 5 



2. Metathorax not terminating in a subglobose neck 3 



Metathorax terminating in a .subglobose neck. 



First joint of the funicle short, much shorter than the pedicel ; abdomen snbovate or sulirotnnd. 

 the second segment (first body) occupying fully one half or more of the whole surface. 



Micromelus Walker (type ^r. rufomnciildlns Walk.). 



3. Marginal vein not or hardly longer than the stigmal vein, tiic front wings often witli a submarginal or 



discoidal cloud 4 



Marginal vein distinctly longer than the stigmal vein, the front wings without a submargiTial or ilis- 

 coidal cloud. 



Abdomen longer than the thorax and ending in a short or subexserted ovijiositor. 



Phaenacra Filister. 



