1903] ASHMEAD: -CYNIPOIDEA 9 



Subfamily I. — Figitinae. 



1869. Figitoidae, Faniilie 7 (parti/n), Forster, Verb. d. zool. bot. gesell. Wien, bd. 

 19, pp. 329 & 363. 



This subfamily is quite distinct from all the other subfamilies here recognized 

 except the Onychiinae with which it agrees in all particulars except in the shape 

 of the second dorsal abdominal segment, the second segment being normal and 

 not produced dorsally, or tongue-shaped, as in the latter group. 



The shape of the scutellum easily separates it from the Eucoilinae and the 

 Xystinae (= Allotriinae), while from the Anacharinae and the Liopterinae it is dis- 

 tinguished by the non-petiolate abdomen. 



Table of Genera. 



2 



• 15 



3 



6 



apsidal furrows com- 



5 



1. Cheeks margined ....... 



Cheeks immargined ...... 



2. Eyes bare, not hairy ...... 



Eyes hairy or pubescent ..... 



3. Thorax opaque, very finely and thickly punctate, the pa 

 plete ......... 



Thorax smooth, polished, with distinct parapsidal furrows. 



Marginal ceil closed ......... 4 



Marginal cell open. 



Second abdominal segment bare at base; scutellum rugulose, 

 bifoveate ; 9 antennae 13-jointed filiform, the third and fourth 

 joints equal. ...... Trischiza Forster 



(Type Figites agaricolarum Dahlb.) 



4. Second abdominal segment pubescent basally, especially at the sides; scutellum 

 rugose ; areolet not close to the base of the marginal cell, 9 antennae 13-jointed. 



Sarothrus Hartig 



(Type S. areolatus Hartig) 



Second abdominal segment bare at base; scutellum smooth ; areolet close to 



the base of the margmal cell; 9 antennae 13-jointed, ^ 14-jointed, the 



third joint longer than the fourth. .... Melanips Haliday 



( i'ype Figites urticeti Dahlb.) 



5. Marginal cell closed; 9 antennae 13-jointed, J* 14-jointed, the third joint 

 excised. .......... Amblynotus Hartig 



(Type Scytodes granulatus Hartig) 



