536 Dr. Rob. Lucas: Entomologie. Hymenoptera 1900. 
2. Abd. petiol., or the 1st sgm. is long petiolif,, as long or nearly as 
long as the rest of the sgms. united; h.-fem. short, swoll,, a. armed 
w. teeth beneath, their tarsi variable in 2 3 or 4 joint., in g! 5-joint, 
pronot. long. 1137 (2). Stephanus Jurine = Megischus Brulle, 
Abd. sess.; the 1st sgm. not long. h.-fem. unarmed, their tars. 5-joint.; 
pronot. short 1138 (3). Megalyra Westw. 
Superfamilia IX. Siricoidea. 
Ashmead unterscheidet die hierhergehör. Familien in d. Proc. U. S. Nat. 
Mus. vol. XXIII p. 1206 p. 203 folgenderm.: 
Metathorax fissured in the middle at apex. 2. 
Metathorax not fissured. 
Vertex tubereulate; antenn. insert. below the celyp. a. eyes; front wings w. 
2 submarg. cells; abd. eylindr. or depressed; ovipositor not exserted. 
Fam. LXXX. Oryssidae. 
2. Middle lobe of mesonot. attaining the seutell. a. separated from it by a 
transv. line; abd. eylindr. or depressed. 
Prothor. large, subquadr.; costal cell of front wings not divided by a transv. 
nervure; tip. of abd. ending in a triang. or lanceolate process. 
Fam. LXXXI. Siricidae. 
Prothor. conie.; cost. cell of front w. divided by a transverse nervure; abd. 
at tip normal Fam. LXXXIlI. Xiphydriidae. 
Middle lobe of meson. not attaining the scutell.; abd. more or less compressed 
Fam. LXXXIIHI Cephidae. 
Sirieoidea (Xylophaga). Eintheilung. Titel d. Publ.: Ashmead (p. 334 d. Ber. 
f, 1898 sub 25). 
— Liste der westind. Spec. Ashmead (3) p. 365. —2 No. — Auf d, West- 
ind. Ins. nicht vertreten. Ashmead (3) p. 365. 
Oryssidae (Fam. LXXX). 
Oryssidae hierher die Gatt. Oryssus, Chalinus, Ophrynopus, Mocsärya u, 
Stirocorsia. 
Oryssinae von Papua. Mantero, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova ser. 2a 
vol. 20 (40) p. 131—4 u. zw.: Oryssus (1 n.), Ophrynopus (1). 
Oryssus. Etwa 20 Sp., die sehr selten, aber weit verbreitet sind. Charakt. der 
Bau d. Ovipos., geringe Zahl d. Adern, Insert. d. Antenn. unt. d. Clyp., 
dicht am Munde. Turner, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 1900 p. 514—6 9 
(Mackay, Queensland). Notiz über den Fang. — sayi Westw. u. termi- 
nalis Newm. in Un. States a. Canada to Pennsylv. Ashmead in Smith’s 
Insects etc. p. 598. — (Ophrynopus) sericatus Mocsäry, Termesz. Füzetek, 
vol. XXIII p. 126 (New S. Wales). 
Loriae Mantero, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova ser,2a vol. 20 (40) p.132—3 9 
(Nova Guinea merid.-orient.: Hughibagu). 
Ophrynopus maculipennis (Smith) (le carene de fronte sono alquanto variabili nel 
loro sviluppo: in aleuni esemplari tendono a cancellarsi e sono appena debol- 
