RECLASSIFICATION OF MICROG ASTERINI 151 



- Propodeum without trace of a keel though strong rugae may be crowded around the 



posterior orifice ............ 4 



4 Ovipositor in lateral view evenly curved, rather thick, and without trace of an apical 



sinuation (Text-fig. 170) ; lateral, polished zone of the scutellum with smooth, 

 almost rounded posterior margin ; tergite 1 not very strongly narrowed behind, 

 dull, evenly rugose. India ....... Camilla sp. n. (p. 165) 



- Ovipositor in lateral view straight, thin, and with conspicuous, apical sinuation ; 



lateral, polished zone with its posterior margin forming a raised, ridge-like edge ; 

 tergite 1 strongly narrowed behind, smooth, with punctures along sides. Africa 



typhon sp. n. (p. 153) 



5 Head in facial view markedly triangular, with face shining, impunctate (Text-fig. 



167). 



Mesoscutum shiny and with a very fine punctation ; ovipositor sheath slightly 

 more than one and a half times longer than the hind tibia. Europe 



lacteoides sp. n. (p. 160) 



- Head in facial view not at all triangular ; face less shining ..... 6 



6 Metacarp very short, hardly one and a half times longer than its distance from the 



apex of the radial cell. 



Ovipositor short, evenly curved, rather thick, its sheaths about as long as the 

 hind tibia. India ...... detrectans Wilkinson (p. 158) 



- Metacarp at least twice as long as its distance from the apex of the radial cell . . 7 



7 Ovipositor sheath at most about one and one third times as long as the hind tibia ; 



nervellus virtually straight so that the submediellan cell is not or hardly lobed out- 

 wards at the vannal lobe corner (Text-fig. 159). 



Ovipositor slightly but more or less evenly curved throughout and without an 

 apical sinuation ............ 8 



- Ovipositor sheath nearer to twice as long as the hind tibia ; nervellus distinctly 



curved outwards at its junction with the mediella so that the submediellan cell is 

 distinctly lobed at the vannal lobe corner (Text-fig. 160). .... 9 



8 Mesoscutum strongly shining and polished with only a very superficial punctation ; 



preapical segment of the antenna not longer than wide ; ovipositor sheath about 

 one and one third times longer than wide ; metacarp a little more than twice as 

 long as its distance from the apex of the radial cell. Europe . isus sp. n. (p. 159) 



- Mesoscutum less shining and less polished, its punctation more distinct ; preapical 



segment of the antenna distinctly longer than wide ; metacarp fully three times as 

 long as its distance from the apex of the radial cell ; ovipositor sheath hardly longer 

 than the hind tibia. Europe ...... aeolus sp. n. (p. 161) 



9 Ovipositor in lateral view distinctly sinuate at apex (Text-fig. 169) ; flagellum 



decidedly thickened towards base and its segments with an upstanding, bristly 

 pubescence. Africa ....... apidanus sp. n. (p. 162) 



- Ovipositor in lateral view without trace of such a sinuation ; flagellum not noticeably 



thickened towards base, its segments with a pubescence so short as to be hardly 

 noticeable ............. 10 



10 Ovipositor virtually straight but somewhat abruptly down-curved at apex ; puncta- 



tion of mesoscutum slightly sharper and more discrete, with less evidence of fine 

 microsculpture. India ...... cajani Wilkinson (p. 161) 



- Ovipositor slightly but more or less evenly curved throughout ; punctation of 



mesoscutum less discrete ; surface duller and with clear indication of fine 

 microsculpture. Europe ..... myeloenta Wilkinson (p. 162) 



11 Ovipositor evenly curved throughout, its sheaths at most one and a quarter times 



longer than the hind tibia ; in lateral view, the apex of the ovipositor never shows a 

 sinuation but frequently is abruptly attenuated here, the narrowed part being 

 about as long as segment 4 of the hind tarsus . . . . . . . 12 



