PARASITICA ICHNEUMONID^T,. 45 



Head not inflated behind the eyes, which touch the base of mandibles, the 

 hitter slender, with two very unequal teeth at ape nietathorax with- 

 out carinaj or tubercles; spiracles of first abdoi ,1 sejnneiit placed 



before the middle .<*aiiiMCUs Grav. 



14. — Areolet small, subtriangular, or subpentangular, or wai '.\^ 1.5. 



Areolet large, rhomboidal ; o%'ipositor 9- an'i 'lual stylt %, exserted. 



MesochoruN Grav. 



15.— Clypeus not or imperfectly separated; abdomen moderately coiiii>ressed or 



almost cylindrical, rarely strongly compressed or depressud ; stigma 



moderate 16. 



Clypeus separated ; stigma large 21. 



If).— Eyes moderately prominent, covered with fine pubescence; face narrowed 



towards the mouth *Cymodusa Holmgr. 



Eyes without pubescence 17. 



17. —Clypeus distinctly elevated into a ridge, or produced and toothed in the 



middle -^Sagaritis Holmgr. 



Clypeus normal, not carinate or denticulate 18. 



18. — Eyes distinctly emarginate ; metathorax incompletely or obsoletely areolated; 



abdiimen clavate, often not compres.sed ^'Casiuaria Holmgr. 



Eyes noi or indistinctly emarginate ; metathorax distinctly areolated ; ab- 

 domen more or less compressed towards the apex 19. 



19. — Abdomen mo<lerately or slightly compressed, the incisures between the seg- 

 ments very distinct; metathorax not produced at apex 20. 



Abdomen .strongly compressed, very smooth, the incisures between the seg- 

 ments 9 scarcely perceptible ; metathorax somewhat i>roduced at apex. 



^Angitia Holmgr. 

 20.— Head moderately large ; abdomen moderately broad. 



Thorax longer than high. 

 Head transverse, not inflated. 

 Abdominal petiole slender, longer than the convex post-petiole. 



Kiinineria Holmgr. 

 Abdominal petiole short and thick, a little longer than the post-petiole. 



^Meloboris Holmgr. 



Head inflated, the eyes relatively small ; first alxlominal segment large, 



its petiole wider than liigh, the post-petiole nearly twice as long as 



wide, the seventh segment exserted PyracmOK Holmgr. 



Thorax not longer than high ; a wide space between the eyes and base of 

 mandibles; antennaj robust; clypeus with a deep fovea on each 

 side ; second .segment of abdomen wider than long. 



"^Canidia Holmgr. 

 Head much broader than the thorax, from a front view almost round ; abdo- 

 men slender, clavate, second M'gment longer than wide, alutaceous, 



ovipositor long *Weiiieritis Holmgr. 



21.— Abdomen petiolate. 



Abdomen % J compressed throughout, ovipositor long, straight ; areolet 



wanting Cremastus Grav. 



Abdomen 9. as a rule, compressed. % cylindrical or depressed, ovipositor 

 very short ; areolet almo.st pentangular, or triangular or incomplete. 

 Abdomen 9 cuneiform, strongly narrowed and compressed towards apex, 

 the segments long, with indistinct incisures *SeIeacns Holmgr. 



