HYMENOPTERA. PROCTOTRUPIDZ. 75 
9 filiform, terminal joints decreasing in length; scutellum slightly convex, 
without longitudinal lines ; cubital nervure short, nearer the tip of the wing. 
CIRROSPILUS Westw. -———— 138 sp. [Wlk.] Cirr. elegantissimus Westw. 
Head emarginate between the eyes; antenne ? short, thick, 7-joimted, second 
joint half as long as the third; fourth shorter than the third, the three ter- 
minal ones forming a mass; abdomen oyate-conic, depressed ; petiole short ; 
subcostal nerve of the fore wing twice as long as a third of the wing. Steph. 
pl. 46. f. 3. 
Family 5. PROCTOTRUPIDZ& Steph. (Oxyuri Latr.) 
Subfamily 1. Diapriides Westw. (Diapriade Hal.) 
DIAPRIA Latr. (1796.) Psinus Jur. 17 sp. Ps. elegans Jur. Steph. pl. 46. f. 2. 
Antenne ¢ 14-jointed, verticillate; 9 12-jointed; head scarcely elongated ; mandi- 
bles forcipate ; cells obliterated ; a small callous spot in the place of the stigma. 
PLATYMISCHUS Westw. 1 sp. Pl. dilatatus W. vol. i, Frontisp. fig. 5. 
Apterous, depressed, narrow; antenne 14-jointed; third joint large, internally 
produced ; thorax oblong-quadrate. 
CEPHALONOMIA Westw. l sp. C. formiciformis Westw. 
Head g$ moderate, 9 large, oblong, flat; antenne 12-jointed ¢ 9; ¢ filiform 9 ; 
short, submoniliform ; collar triangular; wings with a short subcostal nerve ter- 
minated by a callous spot. Mag. Nat. Hist. Sept. 1833. 
ANEURHYNCHUS Westw. Myruras Hal. 6 sp. An. galesiformis Westw. 
Head transverse, with a small frontal tubercle; antenne ¢ scarcely as long as the 
body, 14-jointed, second joint minute ; third slender, and rather longer ; fourth 
thicker; stigma indistinct ; subcostal basal nerve not reaching the costa, but 
obliquely extended for a short distance into the dise of the wing, whence it is 
directed towards the tip of the wing, forming a long marginal cell. 
GALESUS Curtis. Psttus p. Panz. 4sp. Psil. cornutus Pz. Curtis, 341. 
Antenne g 14-, 2 12-jointed, thickened at tip; front of head much produced ; 
mandibles rostriform ; nerves indistinct. 
PARAMESIUS Westw. Crrarstton Hal. 4sp. P. rufipes Westw. 
Head sub-quadrate, with a frontal tubercle; antenne ¢ longer than the body, 
filiform, 13-jointed ; second and third joints minute; peduncle one third of 
the length of the abdomen; nerves as in Cinetus gracilipes (Curtis 380. 9.), 
but the marginal cell is longer and truncated at base ; lab. palpi 2-jointed. 
BASALYS Westw. ————— 1 sp. B. fumipennis Westw. 
Head not rostrated; antenne g 14-jointed; second and third joints small ; 
fourth large, produced externally ; remainder slender; two subcostal nerves 
searcely reaching the third part of the wing, the transverse nerve connecting 
them at the tip, forming a triangle with a nerve running obliquely from the 
middle of the posterior of them. 
SPILOMICRUS Westw. Psixus p. Spin. 6 sp. Sp. stigmaticalis Westw. 
Head transverse-quadrate ; antenne ? rather longer than the thorax, 13-jointed, 
thickened to the tip; stigma small before the middle of the costa, its apex 
internally deflexed, emitting a short branch directed towards the base of the 
wing; basal cell subtriangular ; the other nerves indistinet; peduncle of mo- 
derate length, striated; lab. palpi 2-jointed. 
BELYTA Jurine. 8 sp. B. bicolor Jur. pl. 14. f 8. 
Antenne @ short, 15-jointed, not thickened at tips, with the joints perfoliated ; 
$ 14-jointed, filiform; marginal cell contracted, not completely closed. 



