80 (tKNP:KA OF HYMKNOITEKA. 



Aiilt'rior vviiins without ciliu on uiitcrior iiiiii'xiii '''llHr.VN4*HpilM l'V>r.st. 



5.— Antemiii' Kl-joiiitttl, witliout rinn-joiiit OxyiiKirplm Fi'iixt. 



Antbiiiui; % !l-.joiiiti'(l, without rinK-Joiiits, in 9 lO-joiutnl witii two riiiK- 

 joints iiiiit ii ;t-J(»iuti'(l chib TetrHNtichiiM Hal. 



Stiht'aiiiily TiiiciKXiUAMMiN.K. 



Anterior winj;.s with rcjiular rows of liairs •>. 



Anterior wiiiKs witliout R^'uliir rows of hairs 4. 



•i. — Suhmarninal vein not rciithinj; the costii *0|»liioii(>iiriiN Katz. 



Sul>tnar<;inal vein reachind the costa .'{. 



3. — AntiMinii' s-jointed ; su)>inar<;inal, marginal and stiKnial veins forming si reji" 



ulararch Tri<*liOKriiiiiniH Weslw. 



AntL'iinte with less than H joints; suliinarKinul. marginal anil sti;jnial veins 

 not forniinj; a regular areh. 



Wings with very lungeilia c>n their margin "'('liictOMlichti Walk. 



Wings with only short eilia from marginal vein to a|iex. 

 Antenna' 7-jointo<l, with one ring-joint and a 4-jointed eluh. 



^Latliroincriw Forst. 

 AntenuiL' (i-jointed, without ring-joint, anil with a ,'>-jniiitiil cliili. 



*C'«'iilrol»ia Forst. 



4.— Anteniiie T-jointed *A)>».rilH<*lai Forst. 



Antennif (i-jointed. 



Anterior wings broad, with short cilia around the margin. 



^BrtK'li.VNl icliii Forst. 

 Anterior wings narrow, with long cilia. ... 'Olig4»Nilu Hal. 



Afi will be soon bv tho lariro miinbor of starred jrenora in the above 

 tables, our speoies of this faiiiilv have boon very little stiidiod, and 

 on this aeooiint a tolerably full synopsis is given. Of the 175 genera 

 eliaraeterized, only 51) a|)pejir in the List of deseribod sj)eoies given 

 further on. ]Many of the genera have been recognized in collections, 

 l)ut descriptions of the species liavo not yet boon published, e.g. 

 Xot((-'<j)i'<, ILiliilni, Phii'ii()ilii<cti.i, ^ 'riifrixhtra, Mi-<i-li()(j((.4tu\ Ji/iopiilicto", 

 Caratoiniii*, liojitroceni-i, Bcphruht, Plroie, Oj>hlunei(rtis, etc. 



The genera MeUipelma Westw., Pttphitgn)* Walk., Gli/j/lic Walk., 

 Epixfeniu Westw., yurbannn Walk., Tetracneimui Westw., and ArriK.'^ 

 Walk., of which species have been described as occurring in our 

 fauna, tiro so insutttciently characterized, that Mr. Ilowtird has been 

 obliged to omit them in the .synoptic tables. 



Jiefore leaving this sidiject, the compiler desires to gratefully jic- 

 knowledge his thanks to Mr. Howtird for the valuable information 

 and aid he htis most kindly given him, especially in preptiring the 

 list of our genera and species that have boon described of this family, 

 and also of the Proctotrupithe, in which groups he is the only reco^ 

 nized authority in thi.s country. 



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