Ichneumonidae. 601 
Tribus VIH. Tylecomnini, 
(= Trachydermatoidae Fam. 13 Först. 1868 = Trachydermatini Tribe VI Ashm. 
1894 = Metopiini Tribe (part.) 1897). 
Davis hat versch. Fehler in der Uebersetz. v. Först. gemacht, seine Tab. 
z. Teil falsch. Seine Trachydermat. hat nichts m. dies. Trib. zu thun, sondern 
bezieht sich auf Först.’s Fam. Trachynotoidae v. Ashm. als Nototrychini Subf. 
Ophion. behandelt. — Steht zw. Exoch. u. Sphinctini. 
Uebersicht über die im Folgend. m. No. 632—6 bezeichn. 5 Gatt. (4 nordam. 
l europ.) p. 82: 
636. Catocentrus Walsh. p. 82. — 635. Lethades Davis p. 82. — 632. 
Pseudometopius Davis p. 82. — 634. Thibetoides Davis p. 82. — Trachy- 
derma p. 82. — 633. Tylecomnus Holmgr. = Trachyderma Grav. p. 82. 
Tribus IX. Sphinetini. 
(= Sphinctoidae Fam. 19 Först. 1868 = Sphinctini Tribe IX Ashm. 1894). 
Hierher die Gatt.: 637. Sphinctus Grav. p. 82. 
Tribus X. Metopiini. 
(= Tryph. aspidopi Holmgr. 1856 = Metopioidae Fam. 10 Först. 1868. — Meto- 
piini Tribe X Ashm. 1894 u. 1900 = Metop. Trib. Davis (part) 1897. — Charakt. 
Tib.-Sporne 1, 1,1, Abd. langgestr. Seit. fast od. ganz parallel, Sgm. punktirt 
Areol. gross, rautenf. od. halmondf., Skut. quadrang., seitl. gerandet, Gesicht 
flach, schildf., zuw. m. Kiel) p. 83. 
Hierher die beiden Gatt.: 638. Cultrarius Davis u. 639. Metopius Panz. 
Subfam. V. Ophioninae. 
Ashmead unterscheidet p. 83—85 12 Tribus nämlich: 
2d rec. nerv. joining the cub. behind the transv. cub. or interstitial 
with it; middle tibiae always w. 2 apic. spurs 3. 
2d rec.n. join. the cub. before the transv. cub., or it is entirely wanting 
(Pharsalia Cress.); if it joins the cub. behind the transv. cub. then the 
middle tib. have but a single apic. spur 2. 
2. Middle tib. w. 2 apic. spurs; 2nd rec. u. join. the cub. before the 
transv. med. nerv. 
Antenn, short, clav.; mesostern. beneath flat; meson. without parapsid. 
furrows; metath. areolated Tribe I Hellwigiini. 
Antenn. long, subsetac.; mesostern. beneath not flat, declivous before the 
middle coxae; mesonot. usually w. distinet paraps. furrows; metathorax 
rarely distinctly areolated, usually without areas or at most with 
l or more transv. carin. Tribe II Ophionini. 
Middle tib. only w. one apie. spur., 2d rec. u. join. the cub. behind the 
transv. cub. or entirely wanting Tribe Nototrachini. 
3. Front wings w. the stigma large, broadly triang. or broadly ovate; 
metathor. not produced into a neck at apex 6. 
Front wings w. the stigm. long a. narrow, most frequently lanceol., rarely 
broad or broadly triangular, although frequently subovate 4. 
