58 GENERIC SYNOPSIS. 
TROGUS Panzer. Icuneumon Curt. 8 sp. Tr. alboguttatus Gr. Curt. 234. 
Scutellum elevated ; head transverse ; ovipositor not exserted; areolet 3- or 5- 
sided; abdomen petiolated, convex. 
ALOMYA Panzer. Icuneumon p. Linn. 3 sp. A. ovator F. Curt. 120. 
Head globose; areolet triangular; abdomen long, petiolated, depressed ; an- 
tennz short 2. 
HOPLISMENUS Gr. ——— isp. UH. mestus Gr. 
Head transverse; metathorax acutely spined; legs and antenne slender and 
simple; areolet pentagonal; abdomen oblong, petiolated ; basal segment with 
two elevated lines; ovipositor short ; scutellum flat. 
CRYPTUS Fab. Icuneumon Linn. 51 sp. C. viduatorius F. Curtis, 668. 
Ovipositor long ; metathorax unarmed ; legs and antenne slender and simple ; 
areolet 4- or 5-sided ; abdomen petiolated, ovate, convex ; head transverse. 
PHYGADEUON Gr. Icuneumon p. Schr. 25 sp. Ph. flavimanus Gr. 
Legs and antenne somewhat thickened and simple; areolet pentagonal, small ; 
abdomen petiolated ; ovipositor exserted, moderately long. 
MESOSTENUS Gr. ——— 2sp. M/. transfuga Gr. 
Areolet minute, quadrate; antenne simple; abdomen petiolated ; ovipositor ex- 
serted, long, or moderate; scutellum flat. 
HEMITELES Gr. —— 13 sp. JZ. tristator Gr. Pz. 94. 14. 
Areolet small, incomplete, pentagonal, or obsolete; antenne simple; abdomen 
petiolated ; ovipositor exserted, long; scutellum flat. 
AGRIOTYPUS Walk, ———— 1sp. A. armatus Wilk. Curtis, 389. 
Scutellum with a long acute spine; abdominal peduncle long, slender, curved ; 
abdomen thick, oval ; second and third segments coalescing ; areolet wanting ; 
ovipositor not exserted. 
PEZOMACHUS Gr. Gruis Thunb. 21 sp. P. aberrans Gr. Curtis, 536. 
Abdomen petiolated ; ovipositor exserted, short, or moderate ; wings rudimental, 
not fitted for flight. 
PHYTODIETUS Gr. 
Abdomen subsessile, or subpetiolated ; inferior nerve of the inner cell angulated ; 
ovipositor exserted ; scutellum flat ; areolet obsolete, or triangular. 
3sp. P. astutus Gr. 

Obs. Stephens introduces Grayenhorst’s Ischnocerus into his table of this 
family ; but the British species are not yet indicated. 
MESOCHORUS Gr. 10 sp. M. Tipularius Gr. Curtis, 464. 
Areolet large, rhomboidal; antenne simple; abdomen petiolated, oblong ; ovi- 
positor exserted, short ; scutellum flat ; head transverse ; anus 3 often appen- 
diculated. 
PLECTISCUS Gr. ———— 3 sp. P. impurator Gr. 
Abdomen subsessile, or subpetiolated ; inferior nerve of the inner cell straight ; 

wings fitted for flight ; ovipositor exserted ; scutellum flat; areolet obsolete or 
oblique. 
HELICTES Aal. MSS., Curt. G. 2d ed. 5 sp. P. erythrostoma Gm. 
Abdomen petiolated; first segment attenuated; ovipositor concealed or sub- 
exserted ; antennz slender, convoluted; areolet wanting ; legs slender, posterior 
pair rather long. 
GLYPTA Gr. ———— 6sp._ G. sculpturata Gr. 
Areolet wanting ; abdomen shining; intermediate segments of abdomen with two 
oblique lines, deeply incised or tubereled ; abdomen sessile, convex; ovipositor 
exserted, long. 
