lO PSYCHE [February 



6. Mesopleura fiot separated from the mesosternum by a sharp, longitudinal ridge 

 or carina ............. 7 



Mesopleura separated from the mesosternum by a sharp, longitudinal ridge 



or carina ............ 10 



7. Scutellum rugulose, without an erect horn ...... 8 



Scutellum smooth, polished, with a small erect horn posteriorly . . 9 



8. Second abdominal segment at base bare. 



9 antennae 13-jointed, submoniliform, the joints longer than wide. 



Pycnotrichia Forster 

 (Type Figites urticarum Dahlb.) 

 Second abdominal segment at base bare. 



9 antennae 13-jointed, submoniliform, the middle joints not longer than 

 wide. ... ...... Homorus Forster 



(Type Figites abnormis Giraud.) 



9. Marginal cell closed ; 9 antennae 13-jointed. Thyreocera Ashmead 



(Type Figites laeviscutum Prov.) 



10. Marginal cell completely closed . . . . . . . 11 



Marginal cell more or less open along the fore margin . . . 14 



11. Scutellum rugose, rounded or obtuse at apex, but never ending in a spine 12 

 Scutellum rugose, more or less carinate and ending in a long acute spine the 

 spine sometimes channelled . . . . . . . . 13 



12. Head and thorax coarsely rugose; 9 antennae 13-jointed, filiform, the joints 

 long, cylindrical, the third shorter than the fourth ; abdomen compressed, the 

 second segment as long as 3 and 4 united. . . . Kiefferia, gen. nov.^ 



(Type K. rugosa Ashm.) 

 Head and thorax smooth, shining; 9 antennae 13-jointed, subclavate, the 

 joints after the fifth oblong-oval, the third longer than the fourth, ^ antennae 

 14-jointed, long, filiform; abdomen not much compressed. 



Figites Latreille 

 (Type Cynips scutellaris Rosse.) 



13. 9 antennae 13-jointed, subclavate, $ antennae 14-jointed, filiform, the 

 third joint a little shorter than the fourth .... Solenaspis Ashmead 



(Type S. hyalinipennis Ashm.) 



14. Scutellum rugose, more or less carinate and ending in a long acute spine, 9 

 antennae 13-jointed, subclavate, $ antennae 14-jointed filiform. 



Solenaspis Ashmead (partim) 

 Scutellum rugose, bounded by an elevated rim behind which is produced medi- 



' Named in honor of Abbe J. J. Kieffer, Professor at Bitche, Deutsch-Lothringen. 



