Synonymic and Descriptive Notes on thc 



Hymeiioptera Chalcidoidca witli Descriptions 



of Several New (ienera and Species.') 



By 

 A. Arsene Girault. 



Family Torymidac. 

 Subfamily Monodontomerinae. 

 Genus Monodontomerus Westwood. 

 1. Monodontomerus montivagus Ashmead. 



This species is somewhat variable in the characters of the scu- 

 tellum, the apical portion of that sclerite distad of the narrow trans- 

 verse groove being sometimes nearly glabrous in the direct dorsal 

 aspect (or mesially). Also the small brown spot at the stigmal vein 

 varies in intensity and the slight brownish dash projecting disto- 

 caudad from the end of the stigmal knob may be absent as raay also 

 the faint suffused brownish area under the stigmal vein. 



Family Pteronialidae. 



Subfamily Merisinae. 



Tribe Raptrocerini. 

 Genus Uriella Ashmead. 

 1. Uriella rufipes Ashmead. 



The mandibles of this species are 3- and 4-dentate. In some 

 specimens the ovipositor is exserted for some length but not its 

 valves; there are certainly traces of a spiracular sulcus and lateral 

 carina on the metathorax. In the Pteronialidae, the spiracular sulcus 

 is rather obscure and its use as a character in taxonomy will doubtless 

 cause confusion. 



Subfamily Entedonina e. 

 Tribe Omphalini. 

 Genus Closterocems Westwood 2). 

 1. Closterocems cinctipennis Ashmead. 



^) Owing to the fact that timo did not allow us to send the proofsheets 

 to the Author in America, I myself have undertakcn to read the proofs. For 

 misprints which may have escaped notice I thus only am responsible, the 

 Author is it in no way. The Editor of tho „Archiv f. Naturg." 



Embrik Strand. 



^) I had intended to make this species the type of a new genus, hence the 

 arrangement here. The description is comparative and when Closterocerus is 

 refcrred to the type species, trifasciatus is meant. 



