158 FIGITIDES. 



The group is divisible into three sections, considered 

 by Foerster and others to be equal in rank to the 

 Allotrina and Cynipina. 



A. Abdomen sessile, not petiolate, the second segment shorter than 



the third. 



(a) The second segment not produced above into a tongue-shaped 

 process, shorter than the third. Scutellum not channelled. 



Figitides. 



(6) The second segment produced above into a tongue-shaped 

 process, much shorter than the third. Scutellum channelled. 



Ony chides. 



B. Abdomen petiolate, sometimes with the petiole very long; the 



second segment somewhat longer than the third. Scutellum 

 with two foveae at the base. Anacharides. 



FIGITIDES. 



Abdomen almost sessile, the petiole being very short ; the second 

 segment shorter than the third, and not produced into a tongue-shaped 

 process on the upper side. Cheeks usually margined. Mesonotum with 

 the parapsidal furrows usually complete. Antennae stout, seldom fili- 

 form, 13-jointed in the $ , 14 in <$, the third joint in the latter 

 sinuated. Cubital nervure issuing from the lower part of tbe basal 

 nervure. Areolet situated beyond the apex of the second abscissa of 

 radius, complete or incomplete. Eyes bare or hairy ; radial cellule 

 closed or open. Scutellum not sulcated, rarely with foveae at its base ; 

 often rugose. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



1 (4) Eyes hairy. 



2 (3) Mesopleurae separated from sternum by a ridge. Figites. 



3 (2) Mesopleurse not separated from sternum by a ridge. 



Pycnotrichia. 



4 (1) Eyes bare. 



5 (8) Cheeks not margined ; prothorax with a gradual slope. 



6 (7) Scutellum with a fovea at its base ; head and thorax shining. 



Lonchidia. ' 



7 (6) Scutellum without a fovea at its base, head and thorax opaque, 



alutaceous. Anolytus. 



8 (5) Cheeks margined, prothorax abrupt. 



9 (10) Thorax opaque, finely granulated. Amblynotus. 



10 (9) Thorax shining. 



11 (12) Scutellum rugose ; second abdominal segment hairy ; areolet 



open at the side, not situated near the base of radial cellule. 



Sarothrus. 



12 (11) Scutellum not rugose/second abdominal segment bare; areolet 



complete laterally, situated near the base of the radial 

 cellule. Melanips. 



The only European genera not found yet in our 

 fauna are 



