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NOTES ON CHALCIDI.-E. 



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o Vertex very narrow. Lateral ocelli seated in 

 the inner border of the eyes. Club of the 

 antennae obliquely acuminated. - - Echthhoplexis. 



Vertex of the usual breadth. Lateral ocelli 

 not seated in the border of the eyes. Club 

 of the antennae broadly rounded. - - Cerchtsius. 



Abdomen with no prominent oviduct. 

 Ulna, radius and cubitus very long, 

 o Joints of the flagellum short, with incumbent 

 hairs, very thickly crowded together in 

 both sexes. .... Ericydncs. 



oo Joints of the flagellum distinctly separate, 



with long whorls of hairs in the male. - Sterrhocoma. 

 X X Ulna, radius and cubitus not very long. 



o Humeri widely separated. - - - Dinocarsis. 



oo Humeri not widely separated, 

 -i- Body flat, not metallic-coloured. Front and 



vertex connected by a slight arch. Rhopus. 



h — h Body metallic-coloured, not flat. Front and 

 vertex separated by a more or less sharp 

 curve. 

 -- Flagellum unusually long and slender. - Leptomasttx. 

 ---«• Flagellum not unusually long aud slender. 

 «» Neck and tip of the scutellum with laminate 



scales. ----- Habrolepis. 

 ^un Neck and tip of the scutellum with no 

 laminate scales. 

 A Last joint of the flagellum longer than all the 



preceding joints together. - - Sceptrophorus. 



AA Last joint of the flagellum shorter than all 



the preceding joints together. - Encyrtus. 



