42 GENERA OF HYMENOPTERA. 



were provisionally referred to the genus Phceof/ettex ; but as some of 

 the other genera indicated by Wesmael will doubtless be found to 

 occur in our fauna, they are added to the table given above. 



Subfamily Cryptinje. i( 

 Table of Genera. 



Wings normally developed 2. 



Wings rudimentary or wanting 10. 



2. — Ovipositor not or scarcely esserted, ahdonien smooth and jwlislied. 



Abdomen ovate or almost spherical, depressed, first segment much widened 



behind, usually carinate and longitudinally furrowed..Stilpnus tJrav. 



Abdomen elongate, more or less compressed at apex in $>• subcylindrieal 



in % . fii-st segment slender, scarcely widened behind, longer than the 



posterior coxas and trochanters combined E.volytuM Forst. 



Ovipositor distinctly exserted :{. 



:{. — Areolet completely enclosed 4. 



Areolet pentangular in position, but incomplete, the outer nervure hyaline 

 or wanting ; antenna; and legs generally slender... Heiiiilel«'s Orav. 



Aieolet wanting, or when present not in a pentangular form 9. 



4. — Areolet pentangular, sometimes subquadrate 5. 



Areolet rectangular, generally very small, receiving the second recurrent 



nervure at or near the tip H. 



5. — .\ntenna; 9 with the joints of the flagellum thickened in a nodose manner 



at their tip <>. 



Antenme with the joints of the flagellum not thickened at their tip, cylin- 

 drical throughout 7. 



tj. — Antenme f shortened, filiform, usually involute, the third joint at mo.st 

 twice longer than thick, or the whole antenna thickened between the 

 middle and apex, sometimes also expanded (if more slender, then the 

 metathorax areolated); ape.x of fii"st abdominal segment % broader 

 than the petiole and bent towards the latter in a geniculate manner : 



legs generally robust FIi.V|;h<1<'UOIi (Jrav. 



.\ntenua; 9 elongate, filiform, third joint usually three or more times longer 

 than thick (if shorter, then the metathorax not areolated), never thick- 

 ened or expanded towards the middle; apex of fii-st abdominal segment 

 not much broader than the petiole and but slightly bent : legs generally 



slender C'ryptii: Fubr. 



7. — First abdominal segment much elongated and slender, only slightly ex- 

 panded posteriorly, polished ; raetiithorax with elongate or linear spira- 

 cles ; areolet large, subquadrate. 

 Third discoidal cell arched above and much narrowed at base, the outer 

 nervure bent beneath the areolet ; eyes remote from base of mandibles ; 

 antennae 9 dilated near apex ; wings fuscous. ...J'»|»piflluill Walsh. 

 Third discoidal cell elongate and but slightly narrowed at base, the upper 

 and lower nervures straight and parallel with each other, the outer ner- 

 vure .straight beneath the areolet ; eyes large, almost touching base of 

 mandibles; anteunse filiform in both sexes; wings hyaline. 



Liiioeeras Tasch. 



