PARASrrUA — ICHNEUMONID-«. ol 



12. — Scutelliim rounded at tip 13. 



Sciitellunj flevHted, ()iiadraiiKii!Kr, apex truncate -''Ijycorina Holnijjrr. 



l.'{. — Alidonien a.s in Pimpla; tarsal claws not pectinate; ovipositor less than half 



the length of the ahdoinen ; areolet wanting <'liMtU|>yK>* <irav. 



AlHlouien above with seginent.s ".^-4 eacli with two ohlii|ue linear (le|)res- 

 sions; tJii'sal claws pectinate ; ovipositor at least a.s long as the alxlonien ; 



areolet generally wanting fillypta (Jr.iv. 



14. — Ovipositor arising from the ai)ex of the abdomen ; areolet triangular, rarely 



inconiplete 1."). 



Ovipositor arising from a ventral cleft Ki. 



15.— Tarsal claws not pectinate, bristly (»nly at base. 



Head and thorax pilose Arenelra Holmgr. 



Head and thorax not pilose IjHinproiiotH Curtis. 



Tarsal claws pectinate W«*iiiM«'U!* Scliiodte. 



16. — Tarsal claws pectinate; areolet triangul;ir; flagelluni entire. 



PhytodietuH (irav. 

 Tarsal claws not pectinate; areolet wanting; flagelluni of % with joints 



Sand 4 erose or emarginate C'yiloeeria Schiiidte. 



17. — Pcsterior femora unarmed IH. 



Posterior femora .short, swollen, armed beneath with a short tooth directed 

 backwards; middle tibise of 9 twisted; head nearly spherical. 



Odoiitoitieruii Orav. 



18. — Frontal region of the head not horned 19. 



Frontal region of the head with a broad process forward of the anterior 



ocellus; areolet wanting '^.Tlitroborifii Holmgr. 



19.— Areolet wanting 20. 



Areolet complete 21. 



20. — Face narrowed beneath, the cheeks tuberculate behind the flattened and 

 depressed ])osterior orbits ; tibiie slender, nt>t inflated ; tarsal joints long 



and slender; nietathorax not areolated Xorides Grav. 



Face not narrowed beneath and the cheeks not tuberculate. 

 Legs long, femora slender; four anteri.)r tibiie 9 cylindrical, narrowed 

 and constricted at base, intermediate tibiie not twisted; head trans- 

 versely subquadrate ; joints of tlageilum long and cylindrical; body 

 not flattened ; marginal cell extending nearly to the apex of the wing. 



XylonoiuuN Grav. 

 Legs short, femora robust, swollen ; intermediate tibia; 9 twisted ; head 

 almost spherical; joints of flagellum short and robu.st ; prothorax pro- 

 duced anteriorly in the form of a neck ; body very much depressed, flat- 

 tened ; marginal cell remote from the apex of the wing. 



Aploinerns Prov. 



21. — Eyes entire; posterior coxaj swollen, shorter than their femora 22. 



Eyes subemarginate; posterior coxte cylindrical, as long or nearly as long 



as their femora 23. 



22. —Areolet pentagonal ; anterior tibiie 9 inflated and pinched sit base, slightly 



so in ^ ; metailiorax more or less areolated KrlithriiN (irav. 



Areolet small, triangular. .subi)etiolate; tibiiv not inflated; metatiiorax not 

 areolated, but with ii shallow longitudinal groove on the disk. 



Eiixori<l«'w Cress. 



