HYMENOPTERA. CHALCIDIDEE. 67 
PIRENE Gal. Corynocerre Nees. 5sp. P. varicornis Hal. 
Head ovate; mouth prominent; max. palpi 2-jointed, labial almost obsolete ; 
eyes large; antennz short, 10-jointed, second joint as large as the five follow- 
ing, which are minute, three terminal joints forming a very large club; collar 
transverse ; abdomen subsessile, compressed, 
Obs. ‘ Notwithstanding the different palpi, this genus is too closely related 
to Macroglenes to admit of their separation in different subfamilies.” 
Haliday MSS. 
ASAPHES Walk. Curysotamrus p. Esenb. 1 sp. As. vulgaris Wik. 
Head transverse ; mandibles 2-dentate ; antenne 12-jointed, clavate, third joint 

very minute, fourth and following short; collar large, subquadrate ; abdomen 
g ovate-convex ; first and second joints very large, 9 rather longer; wings 
narrow. 
CEA Hal. —— 1 sp. C. pulicaria Hal. 
Head moderate, transverse, subquadrate ; antennz slender, filiform; third and 
following joints short, equal ; thorax long-ovate ; collar moderate; metathorax 
peduncle-like ; abdomen long-ovate, compressed; ovipositor exserted; legs 
long, slender ; wings O. 
Subfamily 3. Pteromalides Westw. 
[1. Torymide Wik. | 
MEGASTIGMUS Dalm. Dretoteris p. Fab. 2 sp. Dipl. dorsalis Fab. 
Stigma thickened ; legs subequal; ovipositor long, exserted; abdomen @ petio- 
lated; mesoscutellum convex; proscutellum elongate. Steph. Ill. 45. f. 2. 
MONODONTOMERUS Westw. Torymus B. a. Dalm. 2 sp. Dipl. stigma Fab. 
Collar large, transverse; hind femora thick, but not serrated, beneath armed 
with a tooth near the tip; mesoscutum with distinct sutures; antennz with 
the third joint minute; club scarcely shorter than the two preceding joints. 
Obs. Curtis, in his Guide, gives Priomerus Ik. as British; it is, however, 
given by Walker as an inhabitant of the South of France. The pos- 
terior femora are thick and toothed, and the posterior tibie curved. Type, 
P. pachymerus Wik. 
DIOMORUS Wik. ——— 1 sp. WD. nobilis W. 
Collar narrowed in front; abdomen elongate, ovate, sessile; ovipositor exserted, 
long; antenne 13-jointed, subfiliform; hind femora thickened, with a spine 
near the tip ; mesoscutum with distinct sutures. 
CALLIMOME Spin. Musocamrus Latr. 59 sp. Ichn. Cynipedis Linn. 
Abdomen ¢ not peduncled; antennz more or less clavate, J] 3-jointed, third joint 
small, fourth as long as the fifth ; ovipositor long, exserted ; mesoscutellum 
convex ; proscutellum short ; legs subequal ; stigmal branch very minute; max. 
palpi 4-, labial 3-jointed. Curtis, 552. 
PERILAMPUS Lair, Dretoteris p. Pz. 6sp.  P. italicus Fab. Curtis, 158. 
Head large ; abdomen subpetiolated, short, contracted; ovipositor hidden; max. 
palpi 4-jointed; antennz 13-jointed, second joint minute, third very minute, 
fourth large. 
CRATOMUS Daim. Caratomus Boh. 1 sp. C. megacephalus F. 9. Steph. pl. 44. f. 4. 
Head very large; mandibles 3- to 4-dentated ; antennz clavate, 13-jointed, second 
joint elongate, third small, fourth and following minute; club $-jointed ; 
stigmal branch long and curved, 
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