Charops] 



BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. 



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Areolet small, not rhomboidal ; 9 Hag- 



ellum not pale, tcrebra cxserted. 

 Postpetiole oval ; terebra always 



longer than basal segment 

 Postpetiole not broad ; terebra always 



quite shortl}' exserted 

 Areolet large, rhomboidal; V Hagel- 



lum banded, terebra not exserted 

 Lateral petiolar sulci distinct ; terebra 



exserted. 

 Abdomen linear, segments three to 



seven strongly emarginate 

 Abdomen centrally explanate, itb 



segments not emarginate. 

 Second segment not short, nor its 



spiracles before centre 

 Second segment short, its spiracles 



distinctly before centre . . 



Nervellus vertical and strongly post- 

 furcal, never geniculate, usually 

 pale, f See fig. J 



Lower mandibular tooth the longer ; 



capital vertex quadrate . . 

 Mandibular teeth of equal length ; 



head not vertically quadrate. 

 Head subcubical ; abdomen always 



extensively red-marked 

 Head distinctly transverse ; abdomen 



black, rarely broadly red. 

 Tarsal onychii explanate and onyches 



strongly pectinate 

 Tarsal onychii normal and onyches 



not or but finely pectinate. 

 Body slender, usually black ; terebra 



usually elongate 

 Body stout, usually red; eyes internally 



emarginate ; terebra always short. 

 Head posteriorly dilated ; cheeks 



elongate, not buccate 

 Head not posteriorly dilated ; cheeks 



short and buccate 



Omorga, Thorns. 

 Lathropi.kx, Thorns. 

 Callidora, Tho?ns. 



GoNOTYPA, Thorns. 



Nepiera, Tlioms. 

 Tranosema, Thorns. 



Olesicampa, Thorns. 



Melohoris, Holmgr. 



Pectinella, Mori. 



An(;itia, Holmgr. 



Anilasta, Thorns. 

 Holocremna, Thorns. 



CHAROPS, Holmgren. 

 Holmgr. Sv. Ak. Handl. 1858, no. 8, p. 39; Ofv. 1858, p. 324. 



Head transverse and somewhat constricted behind the internally deeply 

 emarginate eyes ; temples not buccate, nor clypeus basally discreted. 

 Antennae slender and about half length of body. Thorax dull and closely 

 sculptured ; metathorax scarcely impressed, with no area, but with two 

 parallel longitudinal carinae from its base to beyond centre ; spiracles 

 distinctly elongate. Scutellum deplanate and subquadrate, apically but 

 slightly narrowed. Abdomen elongate, laterally compressed with the 

 basal segment slightly reflexed, the postpetiole convex and laterally 

 rounded, with the ventral membrane extending to beyond its centre ; 



