790 MR. TV. H. ASHMEAD — EEPOET ON THE PARASITIC [NoV. 19, 



Subfamily ScEUOimrii!. 



Tribe Telenomini. 



Telenostus, Haliday. 



Table of Species. 



Females. 



Pedicel distinctly longer and thicker than the first 



funicular joint ... 3. 



Pedicel shorter, or at least never longer, than the first 

 funicular joint. 

 First funicular joint Tery little longer than the 



pedicel 2. 



First funicular joint distinctly longer than the pedicel. 



Head 3 times as wide as thick antero-posteriorly ; 



the head, scutellura, and abdomen polished, 



impiinctate. 



Mesonotum opaque, strigoso-scabrous ; legs and 



antennae, except the last 5 joints, yeUow ... T. grenadensis. 

 Mesonotum opaque, finely rugose ; legs and 



antennse, except the last 9 joints, yellow ... T, longiclavatus. 

 Mesonotum polished, at the most with sparse 

 microscopic punctures ; legs and antennse, 



except the last 5 joints, yellow T, connectans. 



Head quadrate, not twice as wide as thick 



antero-posteriorly ; head, scutellum, and 



abdomen polished, impunctate 



Mesonotum closely, microscopically punctate, 



shining ; legs pale yeUow ; scape and 



pedicel brownish yellow T. luteipes. 



2. Head very wide, about 4 times as wide as thick 



antero-posteriorly. 

 Head and abdomen polished, impunctate ; mesonotum 

 and scutellum minutely shagreened ; scape, 

 pedicel, and legs brownish yellow T, megacephalus. 



3. Head quadrate, less than twie-e as wide as thick 



antero-posteriorly 5. 



Head transverse-quadrate, but more than twice as 

 wide as thick antero-posteriorly, the occiput 



deeply concave 4. 



Head transverse, from 3 to 3| times as wide as thick 

 antero-posteriorly. 

 Mesonotum strigoso-rugose ; head and scutellum 

 smooth, polished ; legs and antennte, except 



club, brownish yellow T. scdber, Ashm. 



Mesonotum minutely punctate. 



Scape, pedicel, and legs yellow ; second abdom- 

 inal segment black T. latifrons, 



Antennse, except last b joints, and legs yellow ; 

 second abdominal segment more or less 



piceous or rufous T. nigTiclavatus. 



Mesonotum polished, impunctate. 

 Abdomen black. 



Antennse dark brown, almost black ; legs 



brownish yellow T. Juscicomis. 



Antennse brown-black ; legs fuscous or black, 



the trochanters, knees, and tarsi whitish. T. albitarsis. 

 Abdomen brownish yellow ; scape and legs 



yellow, the flagell um light-brown T.flaviven trig. 



