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Maxillary palpi 5 — 6-, labial 3 — 4-jointerl ; mandibles bidentate ; 

 clypeus in front rounded, sinuated or acuminate. Mesothoracic 

 sutures distinct. Metathorax sometimes areated. Second cubital 

 areolet rhomboid, trapeziform, or triangular ; recurrent nervure 

 variously inserted ; prsEdiscoidal areolet sometimes petiolated. 

 Abdominal sutures indistinct, the 2d obsolete. 



The genera Aspidofiomis, Wesm., and Microti/jms, 

 Ratz., must be regarded for the present as belongmg to 

 this subfamily ; they are exceptional in several respects ; 

 the former from the clavate antennae of the ^ , the latter 

 from the triangular 2d cubital areolet ; but neither of 

 them is yet known as British. Forster has also placed 

 here his genus Laccophnjs, otherwise Cenoca'liiis, already 

 discussed among the Helcoiitides. Anostcnus, Forst., 

 differs from Diospilus, Hal., too slightly to be here 

 adopted. My new genus Dulops, with 2 species, cannot 

 enter into any other subfamily. Haliday's Dyscoletes, 

 with the recurrent nervure evected, must also be pro- 

 visionally included in the group. 



The species are black, rarely piceous, of small or 

 moderate size, and parasites of Coleoptera ; only a few 

 of the genus Diospilus have been reared in England ; 

 but a fine pair of Aspidogonus diversicornis, Wesm,, 

 lately sent to me from France, were bred from Mdandnja 

 caraboides, L. 



Table of Genera. 



(2) 1. Prrediscoidal areolet touching the parastigma, 



not petiolated ; head subcubic . . . . . . i. Diospilus. 



(1) 2. PraHdiscoidal areolet remote from the parastigma, 

 petiolated ; head contracted behind the eyes. 



(4) 3. Metathorax completely areated ; 1st abdominal 

 segment striated ; pobrachial areolet of hind 

 wings divided by a transverse nervure ; their 

 radial areolet contiguous . . . . . . ii. DoLors. 



(3) 4. Metathorax not areated (or very obsoletely) ; 1st 



abdominal segment smooth ; pobracbial areolet 

 of hind wings not divided ; their radial areolet 

 petiolated . . . . . . . . . . . . iii. Dyscoletes. 



i. Diospilus, Hal. 



Diospilus, Hal., Ent. Mag., i., 262, and iii., 133 ; 



Eeinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1862, p. 329. 

 Taplmus, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 1835, p. 189; 



Ratz., Ichn. d. Forst., ii., 56, and iii., 60 (fig.). 



