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Table of Subfamilies. 



Face entirely convex : prothorax as luni;, or lonKer than wide, and longer than 

 the niesothorax, with a distinct arched suture crossing its iinterior 

 |K)rtion ; nietathorax almost equally elevated with the other por- 

 tions, giving the dorsum of the thorax the appearance from above 

 of four distinct parts except the prothorax; abdomen convex be- 

 neath, the latenil margins not extending; beyond the surface of the 

 venter; segments of the tergum 4 and 5 Cleptinee. 



Face more or less concave (a receptacle for the scape or long basal joint of the 

 antennte); prothorax much wider than long, suboblong, always 

 shorter than the niesothorax ; nietathorax beneath the iH)stscutellum 

 at an angle of 90°, givi.ig the dorsum of the thorax the ajipearance 

 from above of .3 distinct parts, excepting the prothonix; abdomen 

 concave beneath, caused by the lateral margins extending beyond 

 the surface of the venter; segments of the tergum 3, except in the 

 % of Parnopes, which has 4. 

 Maxillse and labium ordinary, ligula subconical (not produced), exterior 

 process of maxillse rounded, obtuse. 

 Third abdominal segment without submarginal groove, declivity, or 

 series of j)its interrupting the evenness of its entire surface: dis- 

 coidal cell wanting, or fonued only by dark colored indications of 



the nervures Elampinee. 



Third abdominal segmer' ;marginal series of more or less deep 

 and rounded pits c or' eolte, contained in a groove or declivity, 

 which causes the s ^ of the marginal area to be uneven with and 

 below the general .s. uace of the segment; discoidal cell generally 

 formed by the absolute nervures and entirely closed.. Chrysldinee. 

 Maxillse and labium abnormal, ligula and process of maxillse very long, ex- 

 tended into a slender filiform beak, resembling the probo.scis of Bees, 

 bent back under the thorax in repose ; discoidal cell formed oniy by 

 indications of the nervures, a broad deep submarginal groove on 

 each side of the apical half of the last segment of the tergum, with- 

 out pits; segments of abdomen, t 4, J 3 Pamopinee. 



Table of Genera. 



Subfamily Cleptin^e. 



(Jonsisting of a single genus having the chai-iicters of the subfamily given above. 



Cleptes Latr. 

 Subfamily P^LAMPiNiE. 



Tarsal claws with 2-6 distinct teeth between the ba.se and apex. 



Apical margin of the third abdominal segment simply notched, rounded, not 



produced as seen laterally Oiualus Jur. 



Apical margin of the third abdominal segment pinched on each side of the 



notch or emargination, forming, as viewed laterally, a snout-like 



projection that appears truncate. 



Emargination or notch of the apex open, not filled up with a membrane. 



Surface of the third segment above the apical snout-like projection even, 



not produced Elampns Spin. 



