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3. Mesothorax scabrous and carinate, with two parapsidal furrows ; marginal cell 

 open at base and along the fore margin, confluent with the costal cell; 9 an- 

 tennae 13-jointed, filiform. ...... Aspicera Dahlborn 



(Type Tenthredo scutellata Villers.) 

 Mesothorax smooth, shining, not carinate, with two parapsidal furrows ; mar- 

 ginal cell closed at base; 9 antennae 13-jointed, filiform. Belna Cameron 



(Type B. nigriceps Cam.) 



4. Mesonotum smooth, shining, with distinct parapsidal furrows ; 9 antennae 13- 

 jointed, subclavate. ........ Neralsia Cameron 



(Type N. rufipes Cam.) 



Subfamily III. — Anacharinae. 



1869. Megapelmoidae, Familie, 5 Forster, Verb. d. zool. bot. gesell, Wien, bd, 

 19, p. 329. 



This subfamily is easily recognized by the abdomen which is distinctly petiolated 

 and attached normally to the metathorax, the fourth dorsal segment being not 

 longer than either the second or the third. 



Table of Genera. 



Scutellum produced at apex into a long spine . . . •. . . i 



Scutellum more or less conical, but never ending in a spine ... 2 



1. Mesonotum rugose, without parapsidal furrows ; marginal cell long and open 

 along the fore margin ; abdominal petiole at least as long as the hind coxae, 

 smooth; 9 antennae 13-jointed Acanthaegilips Ashmead 



(Type A. brasiliensis Ashm.) 

 Mesonotum smoother, with distinct parapsidal furrows, the middle lobe usually 

 more or less rugulose posteriorly ; marginal cell shorter and completely closed ; 

 abdominal petiole much shorter than the hind coxae . Xyalaspis Hartig. 



(Type Cynips nitidula Dalman.) 



2. Scutellum separated from the mesonotum by a suture or furrow and re//// two 

 shallow oblique foveae at base ........ 3 



Scutellum not separated from the mesonotum by a furrow and 7L'/t//o/it ioveae 

 at base ............ 4 



3. Abdominal petiole shorter than the hind coxae, striate or rugose; middle seg- 

 ment areolated Aegiiips Haliday 



(Type Anacharis rufipes \\'estw.) 



