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BB Discal cell, or this and the anterior basal 

 cell together, emitting 4 veins. Abdo- 

 men nearly always much longer than 

 thorax and generally only slightly 

 wider. When much broader, abdo- 

 men quadrate {StratiomyincB only). 

 C Abdomen linear, oval or elliptical, not 

 quadrate, antenucC of various forms. 

 D Antennae always setiform, scutellum 

 unspined, species nearly always of 

 bright metallic colour . . . , SafgincE. 



DD Antennae mostly stylate rarely setiform 



{e.g., in Oxycera, etc.) Scutellum 



spined or not. Species rarely metallic. 



E Abdomen oval, sometimes very short, 



often broader than thorax . . ClitdlarincB. 



BE Abdomen elongate and always longer 



than thorax — barely wider . . HermeiilncB. 



CC Abdomen always approximately or 

 nearly quadrate. Antennae of three 

 distinct joints, cylindrical . . StratiomyincB. 



SuB-FAMii,Y I. — Bering. 



There is only one oriental species of this sub-family, namely 

 Beris javana, V. d. Wulp, 1892, Dipt, Mid. Sumatra, 13. The 

 author mentioned a 5 as that of the Beris javanx described by Mac- 

 quart in Dipt. Exot., i, pt. 2, 188 ; but Osten Sacken having seen the 

 type in the Paris Museum wrote to Van der Wulp, saying that the 

 species was " either an Evaza or a Tinda, at any rate not a Beris ; 

 Beris javana V. d. Wulp must be a different species." The name 

 therefore stands good for Van der Wulp's 9 from Sumatra (taken at 

 Rawas), it being impossible for the latter entomologist to mistake 

 a Beris for a species of any other sub-family, 



SUB-FAMIIvY II. — PaCHYGASTRIN^. 



Table of genera. 



A Antennae sprayed . . . . Ptilocera Wied. 



A A Antennae of various forms, but not 

 sprayed. 



B Body elongate, nearly linear ; abdomen 

 not much broader than thorax. 



C Scutellum 4-spined. 



D Antennal style narrow, not distinctly 

 plumose. Scutellar spines small, of 

 equal length. Small transverse vein 

 absent . . . . . . Tinda Wlk. 



DD Antennal style long, feathered, dis- 

 tinctly plumose on both sides. Inner 



