482 Di*- Rob. Lucas: Entomologie. Hyinenoptera 1899. 



Mandibles nsually 3 — 4-deiitate at apex, rarely falcate, with 1 or 

 2 teeth witLin; thorax not or very slightly gibbous, axillae distinctly 

 separ., their inn. 'marg. most frequently widely separated, very rarely 

 toucbing. 



Hind coxae rarely much larger tban the ant. coxae, most frequently 

 smaller or equal; if much larger, pronot. elongate, mesepisternum large, 

 hind legs very long, postmarginal vein very long, ovip. very rarely 

 prominent. 5 



Hind coxae very large and long, nsually five or six times larger than 

 the anter. coxae. 



H. coxae subtriquetrous, or at least compressed into a sharp ridge 

 above; hind fem. never very much swollen, and most frequently simple, 

 rarely with 1 large tooth or denticulate beneath; abd. most frequently 

 snbcompressed (more rarely depressed), with a long ovip.; if without an 

 exserted ovip., abd. conical or conic-ovate with a peculiar sculpture, radius 

 (stigmal vein) usually very short, hind tibiae at apex normal. 



Fam. XLI. Toryinidae 



H. coxae usually very long and subcylindrical, rarely triquetrous; 

 hind. fem. always much swollen and most frequently armed with teeth 

 beneath or finally serrated, rarely without teeth; abd. of various shapes, 

 most frequently conical or conic-ovate, more rarely globose or oblong 

 oval, ovip. very rarely prominent; radius variable, rarely very short; hind 

 tib. strongly curved and obliquely truncately produced at apex, so that 

 the tarsi seem to be attached a little before tii^s. 



Fam. LXII. Clialcididae 



5. Pronot. rarely trans. - quadrate, conical or conically produced anteriorly, 

 or very short, transverse, and very much narrowed medially, rarely as 

 Wide as the mesonotum. 7 



Pronot. large quadrate or transverse quadrate; abd. in ^ not triangu- 

 lated, globose, ovate, conic - ovate or lanceolate and compressed or sub- 

 compressed, hypopygium most frequently prominent plow-share shaped; 

 2nd dors. sgm. never very large; mand. not strong, most frequent 

 4-dentate. Fam. LXIII. Eurytomidae 



Pronot. shorter, more trausv. a. as wide as mesouot., abd. in $ most 

 frequently triangulated, or globose, 2 nd a. 3 rd sgm. occupying most of 

 the dorsal surface, the following very short a. more or less retracted 

 within the 3rd; hypopyg. not promin.; mand. 2- or 3-deutate at apex. 



Fam. LXIV. Perilampidae 



6. 2nd abd. -sgm. very large a. most frequently enclosing the following; 

 coxae not large, subglobose, nearly equal; all legs very slender; radius 

 scarcely developed, its stigma sessile or subsessile. 



Fam. XLV. Eucharidae 



7. Mesepisternum not large, triangulär; ant. fem. never much swollen, post. 

 fem. also normal or only slightly swollen; margin. vein in hind wings 

 iisually long; costal cell not reaching to the hooklets or spinulae a. most 

 frequently very narrow; radius well developed. 



Fam. XL^'I. Miscogasteridae 



