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Middle lobe of mesonotum without a trace of a median furrow, smooth and 

 shining, the parapsidal furrows distinct. 9 antennae 14-jointed, $ 15-jointed 



Liodora Forster 

 (Type L. sulcata Forster.) 



24. Antennae in 9 14-jointed, the third joint long, one half longer than the 

 fourth, joints 9-13 about three times as long as thick, the last one half longer 

 than the preceding; $ antennae 15-jointed, the third joint long, gradually 

 thickening towards apex and the longest joint, joints beyond all long, cylindri- 

 cal, subequal ; metathoracic carinae divergent posteriorly forming a trapezoidal 

 shaped area; hind claws with an acute tooth at base beneath (sexual form) 



Sphaeroteras Ashmead 

 Antennae in 9 14-jointed, the terminal joint 2i times as long as the penulti- 

 mate and sometimes indistinctly divided, joints 5-13 not longer than wide ; 

 $ antennae 17-jointed, the third joint very long, curved or bent; scutellum 

 with. two large foveae at base ; abdomen hardly compressed, with a tuft of wool 

 on each side at base (sexual form ) ... Eumayria Ashmead 



(Type E. floridana Ashm.) 



25. Second abdominal segment only half the length of the abdomen, the five 

 following segments prominent or distinct ; ventral spinule short ; claws simple 



Liebelia Kieffer 

 (Type L. cavarae Kieff.) 



26. Abdomen, especially from the third to the last segment, clothed with a dense, 

 silky pubescence, or at least on the lower two thirds, the head, thorax, and 

 legs also hairy or densely pubescent ; head much widened behind the eyes ; 

 mesothoracic furrows parallel or nearly so, sometimes wanting anteriorly 27 

 Abdomen bare or nearly bare, without the dense silky pubescence, the head 

 and thorax at the most sparsely pubescent . . . . . 31 



27. Claws of hind tarsi simple, luithout a tooth beneath ... 28 

 Claws of hind tarsi loith a distinct tooth at base beneath . . 29 



28. Antennae in 9 14-jointed, long and slender, the last joint somewhat stouter 

 than the second ; malar furrow absent ; parapsidal furrows not impressed 

 anteriorly ; scutellum as long as wide, with a transverse furrow at base formed 

 by a delicate carina, open at both ends (agamous 9 ) • Aphilonyx Mayr 



(Type Cynips cirricola Giraud.) 



29. Mesonotum with complete parapsidal furrows .... 30 

 Mesonotum with incomplete parapsidal furrows, abbreviated anteriorly. 



Antennae 14-jointed, long slender, very slightly thickened towards apex; 



flagellar joints 1-5 or 6 very long; second abscissa of radius normal; 



scutellum rounded, convex, without distinct foveae at base (agamous 9 ) 



Holcaspis Mayr (Type Cynips globulus Fitch.) 



