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(7) 8. First abscissa of the radius as long 

 as the second. Terebra as long 

 as the abdomen. Petiole slender, 

 longer than the condylus . . 24. filator* Hal. 



(fi) 9. Head narrower than the thorax. 

 (11) 10. Petiole shorter than the condylus 27. cinctellus, Nees 

 (10) 11. Petiole and condylus of equal 



length 28. tenclhis, n. s. 



(5) 12. Stigma entirely pale. 



(16) 13. Antenna; $ filiform, almost always 



26-jointed; those of the $ seta- 

 ceous, not more than28-jointed. 

 Becurrent nervure interstitial or 

 subinterstitial. 



(15) 14. Head, thorax, and abdomen more 



or less black 29. leviventns, Wesm. 



(14) 15. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufo- 

 testaceous, except the metathorax 

 and 1st abdominal segment, 

 which are black 30. rubens, Nees. 



(13) 16. Antenna; of both sexes setaceous, 

 30 — 34-jointed. Recurrent ner- 

 vure evected. 



(18) 17. Colour entirely pale testaceous . . 32. luridus, Ruthe, var. 



(17) 18. Colour black and testaceous. 



(20) 19. Abdomen $ J black, segment 2 

 testaceous, often with 2 fuscous 

 spots 31. fragilis, Wesm. 



(19) 20. Abdomen J (except the let seg- 



ment) rufo- or fusco-testaceous ; 



of the <J infuscated at the apex 32. luridus, Ruthe. 



1. Meteorus albiditarsis, Cur. (PI. V., fig. 8, bind wing). 



Zele albiditarsis, Cur., B. E., pi. ccccxv., $ . 

 Meteorus albiditarsus, Hal., Ent. Mag., iii., 25, $ ; M. 

 albitarsis, Hal., lib. cit., 24, ? ; S. v. Yoll., Pinac, 

 pi. xliv., f. 1, S with details of palpi ; f. 2, ? . 

 Perilitus albitarsis, Nees, Mon., i., 34, ? . 

 M. albitarsis, Ruthe, Berl. ent. Zeits , 1862, p. 9 $ ? . 

 P. dispar, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 1835, p. 22, 



$ $ ; pi. i., f. 3 (wing). 

 5 . Rufo-testaceous ; eyes during life green ; sternmaticum, 

 claws, and valves of the terebra, fuscous ; hind tarsi whitish. $ . 

 Nigro-piceous ; orbits, abdomen in the middle more or less, and 

 legs, dull rufous; hind coxae, femora, and tibiae infuscated, their 

 tarsi whitish. Wings ? testaceo-hyaline, squamulse and stigma 



::: Sp. 25, delator, Hal., requires to be rediscovered, and is here 

 omitted. 



