228 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



SuPERPAMiLY VII. CHALCIDOIDEA. 



1758. Cynips, Linn6 (partim), Syst. nat, Ed. 10", I., p. 343. 



1802-05. Diplolepaires, Familie soixante deuxieme (partim) Latreille, Hist. Nat. 



Crust, et Ins., XIII., p. 198. 

 1802-05. Cynipseres, Familie soixante-troisieme (partim), opus, cit., p. 211. 

 1809. Diploleparise, Familia quinta (partim) Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins.," III., p. 15. 

 1809. Cynipsera, Familia sexta (partim) Latreille, opus, cit., supra, p. 21. 

 1811. Diploleparia, Familia (partim) Spinola, Ann. du Mus. Natur., XVII., p. 138. 

 1820. Pteromalini, Familia (partim) Dalman, Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl., p. 



132. 

 1825. Chalcidites, Quatrieme Tribu (partim) Latreille, Fam. Natur. d. Regne anim., 



p. 446. 

 1830. Chalcida, Family, Leach, Edinb. EncycL, IX., p. 144. 

 1840. Chalcididse, Family, Westwood, Intro. Mod. Class. Ins., II., p. 154. 

 1846. Chalcidites, Order, Walker, List Chalc. Brit. Museum, I., p. 1. 

 1856. Chalcidise, Fdrster, Hym. Stud., II., pp. 1-90. 

 1875. Pteromalidse, Familia, Thomson, Hym. Skand., IV., p. 3. 

 1877. Chalcidita, Tribe 4, Forster, Ueber den Syst. Werth d. Fliigelg. bei d. Hym., 



p. 19. 

 1886. Chalcididse, Family, Howard, Ent. Amer., I., p. 197. 

 1897. Chalcidoidea, Superfamily VII., Ashmead, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, IV., 



p. 243. 



TABLE OF FAMILIES. 



1. Hind wings exceedingly narrow, linear, pedunculate at base ; ovipositor issuing from beneath just anterior 



to tip of abdomen ; antennse witbout a ring-joint, tbe scape rather small, short, compressed 12 



Hind wings never very narrow, nor linear, not pedunculate at base ; ovipositor issuing far anterior to 

 the tip of abdomen ; antennse elbowed, with 1, 2, or 3 ring-joints, very rarely without, the scape 

 large and rather long 2 



2. Axillae triangularly produced or advanced forward into the basal region of the scapulae, their base or 



anterior margin on or in advance of an imaginary line drawn from tegula to tegula ; anterior tibial 



spur most frequently small or weak ; tarsi 3-4-jointed, rarely 5-jointed or heteromerous 10 



Axillae normal, or at least never produced forward into the basal region of the scapulae, their base or 

 anterior margin straight and always back of an imaginary line drawn from tegula to tegula ; 

 anterior tibial spur large and strong ; tarsi 5-jointed (rarely 4-jointed, or 3- or 4-jointed in some 

 wingless males) 3 



3. Head in 9 oblong, with a deep, broad longitudinal furrow above, the occipital margin superiorly, 



usually with a small recurved tubei'cle or spine at its middle ; mandibles or palpi most frequently 

 furnished with saw-like appendages ; anterior and posterior legs very stout, their tibiae very much 

 shorter than their femora, the middle legs very slender, sometimes aborted ; hypopygium very 



