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A Revised Generic Table of the CHALCIDINiqE. 



By William H. Ashmead. 



Jacksonville, Florida, 



TABLE OF G EX ERA, 



Anteiiiire inserted near or not far Irom the mouth 8 



Antenna: niserted on the middle of the face or sliijhtiy below it. 



Head without long projections in front and not deeply excavated 2 



Head with long projections and deeply excavated. 

 Melatborax strongly hidentate. 



Antenna: i2-jointcd (Gen. i) Dirrhinus, Dalman. 



Antennae 13-jointed (Gen. 2) Eniaca, Kirby. 



2 Scntellum armed or produced 7 



Scntelkim unarmed, 



Mctatlio'ax with a lateral tooth or projections 6 



Metathorjx not toothed, without projections. 



Ovipositor not long, usually hidden 3 



Ovipositor exserted longer than the body. 



Posterior femora armed with about 8 teeth (G. 3) Podagrion, Spinola. 



Posterior femora with one large tooth, followed by several smaller ones 



(G. 4) Protoceras, Kirby. 



3 Abdomen not much produced 4 



Abdomen much produced. 



Antennos 13-jointed ; abdomen acutely roundedly produced 



(G. 5) Phasgonophora, Westwood. 

 Antenna; 11 -jointed. 



*Abdomen triangularly produced (G. 6) Trigonura, Sichels. 



**Abdomen produced into a long slender stylus ..(G. 7) Thaumatelia, Kirby 



4 Middle tibias spurred 5 



Middle tibice not spurred. 



Antennas 12- or 13-jointed. 



Posterior femora armed with one or two teeth, followed by numerous smaller 



ones (G. 8) Smicra, Spinola. 



Antennje 14-jointed. 



First abdominal segment occupying most of its surface 



(G. g) Epitranus, Walker. 



5 Posterior femora armed with many small teeth. 



Petiole long ; abdomen conic ovate (G. 10) Spilochalcis, Thomson. 



Petiole very short ; abdomen sub-globose (G. 11) Chalcis, F"abricius. 



6 Metathorax with 2 projections on each side ; posterior femora armed with 6 to 8 



large teeth ; petiole long (G. 12) Diplodontia, n. g. 



Metathorax with one large tooth on each side ; posterior femora armed with 6 

 large teeth (G. 13) Metadontia, n. g. 



