No. 22.] HYMENOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 507 



EUPELMID^. 

 Key to Genera. 



1. Eyes hairy, at least in the female 2 



Eyes not hairy; posterior tibiae and first tarsal joint not com- 

 pressed 7 



2. Females 3 



Males 5 



3. Hind tibiae and first tarsal joint not compressed, or the for- 



mer rarely only slightly so, front femora not much swollen, 

 first tarsal joint of mid legs with strong spines or minute 

 black teeth beneath; head as long as wide, or nearly so, 

 face rarely deeply excavated, front ocellus never placed in 

 a furrow, eyes oblong or ovate; axillae widely separated, 

 wings present, scutel without a tuft of hair; abdomen 

 clavate or spatulate, not as long as thorax or shorter than 

 head and thorax combined; depressed or flat above, dorsal 



flaps not incised, or the incision not very deep 4 



Hind tibiae and first tarsal joint compressed; axillae meeting 

 at base of scutel; antennae 13-jointed Mctapelma p. 508 



4. Malar furrow distinct, no carina extending from lower part 



of each eye to base of each antenna; antennae inserted on 

 or somewhat below an imaginary straight line drawn 

 tangent to base of eyes, rarely slighted above such a line 



Anastatus p. 508 

 Malar furrow indistinct or subobsolete, a distinct carina ex- 

 tending from lower part of each eye to base of each an- 

 tenna; antennae inserted just above clypeus 



Arachnophaga p. 509 



5. Hind tibiae and first tarsal joint not compressed, or former 



rarely only slightly so, front femora not much swollen; 



antennae not branched 6 



Hind tibiae and first tarsal joint compressed; eyes hairy, 

 flagel subclavate, obliquely truncate at tip . . Metapelma p. 508 



6. Antennae inserted near middle of face above an imaginary 



straight line drawn tangent to base of eyes, flagel fili- 

 form, clothed with dense pubescence, joints of funicle 

 thicker than long; mesonotal furrows distinct, entire; hind 

 tibiae not compressed; postmarginal vein twice or nearly 



twice as long as the stigmal Anastatus p. 508 



Antennae inserted just above clypeus or below an imaginary 

 straight line drawn tangent to base of eyes; hind tibiae 

 somewhat compressed; pedicel obconic, smaller than first 

 joint of funicle, joints of the latter, except sometimes the 

 sixth and seventh, longer than thick; dorsal abdominal 



segments not incised medially at apex 



Arachnophaga p. 509 



