1903] ASHMRAD:—CYNIPOIDEA 69 



70. Unknown ( 9 only known) ..... Triplasta Kieffer 



Pentaplasta Kieffer 

 Ectolyta Fuister 



71. First joint of fiagellum shorter than the fourth, the latter the stouter . 72 

 First joint of flagellum not longer than the fourth, the following slightly and 

 gradually increasing in length ..... Erisphazia Forster 



72. Apex of wings entire not emarginate .... Psilosema Kieffer 

 Apex of wings emarginate ..... Schizosema Kieffer 



73. Front wings at apex emarginate or excised \ apical abscissa of the submargi- 

 nal vein stout, quadrate, at the most only a little longer than thick . 74 

 Front wings at apex entire^ never emarginate or excised, although sometimes 

 shortened and truncate ; apical abscissa of the submarginal vein slender, not 

 stout, always two or more times longer than thick . . . . 79 



74. Marginal cell open along the front margin ...... 75 



Marginal cell closed along the front margin . . Leptopelina F«3rster 



75. Scutellum normal, not produced into a beak at apex . . . . 76 

 Scutellum abnormal, produced at apex into a beak or horn 



Rhynchacis Forster 



76. First joint of the flagellum not or scarcely longer than the second, rarely 

 curved, and hardly as thick as the second . . . . . . . 77 



First joint of the flagellum a little longer than the second, stouter and 

 usually slightly curved, the following joints cylindrical, usually three or more 

 times longer than thick and gradually but imperceptibly increasing in length 

 to the penultimate ....... Kleidotoma Westwood 



77. Joints of flagellum long, cylindrical, equal in length or very nearly, and at 

 least four times as long as thick ...... Tetrarhoptra Forster 



Joints of flagellum differently formed . . . . . . . 78 



78. Flagellar joints i to 3 equal in length or very nearly, the first slightly curved, 

 clavate, the apical joints not or rarely more than three times as long as thick 



Pentacrita Forster 

 Flagellar joint i scarcely as long as the second or distinctly shorter, the fol- 

 lowing joints stouter, fully thrice as long as thick . Hexacola Forster 

 Unknown ........ 



79. Wings abbreviated ...... 



Wings fully developed ..... 



80. Metapleura bare or at most very sparsely pubescent 

 Metapleura clothed with a de?ise pubescence 



Marginal cell incomplete, the second abscissa of the radius wanting or 

 very short ........ Glauraspidia Thomson 



Heptameris Forster 



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