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setae (if no distinct apicals present then at least some hairs present between the 

 subapical setae) (Text-fig. 81) . . . . . GLAUROCARA Thomson 



- Bend of vein M moderately abrupt but without trace of M 2 appendix. Tip of the 

 scutellum without apical setae and usually totally bare between the bases of the 

 strong close-set subapical setae ...... DODDIANA Curran 



Tribe CAMPYLOCHETINI 



This small tribe contains parasites of Lepidoptera and is represented in the 

 Oriental Region by a few species belonging to the genus Elpe Robineau-Desvoidy. 

 The group is closely related to the Voriini and has been characterized in an earlier 

 paper (Crosskey, 19736). The genus Elpe occurs in the Palaearctic and Ethiopian 

 Regions and in Australia, as well as in the Oriental area, but its member species 

 have sometimes been referred to the generic names Campylocheta Rondani, Hypo- 

 chaeta Brauer & Bergenstamm, or Frivaldskia Schiner. Elpe is a very distinctive 

 genus that can be readily differentiated from other Oriental genera by the combina- 

 tion of reclinate ocellar setae, haired eyes, setose facial ridges (Text-fig. 61), and 

 haired propleuron; as no other campylochetine genera are known in the Oriental 

 area no key is required for identification. 



Tribe VORIINI 



The voriines have an almost worldwide distribution and are parasites mainly 

 of Lepidoptera. The scope of the tribe in the present work corresponds to that 

 characterized earlier (Crosskey, 19736) and to that of d'Aguilar's (1957) revision. 

 The main diagnostic features of the tribe need not be repeated here, but it is worth 

 noting that the rather distinctive wing venation of the three genera occurring in 

 the Oriental Region has recently been figured (Crosskey, 19736 : figs 82-84). 



Some firm conclusions have been reached during the preparation of the present 

 paper on points of synonymy that have required clarification, and these necessitate 

 brief discussion. The first concerns the generic synonymy of Anavoria Mesnil, 

 Afrovoria Curran and Hystricovoria Townsend, the second concerns the synonymy 

 of the nominal type-species of these genus-group names, and the third concerns the 

 identity and synonymy of the species of Voria Robineau-Desvoidy occurring in 

 the Old World tropics and subtropics. 



Anavoria was proposed as a subgenus of Voria, but d'Aguilar (1957) placed it 

 correctly as a synonym of Afrovoria, which he considered to be a valid genus. Two 

 species were then included in Afrovoria, one African and the other Oriental. The 

 genus Hystricovoria (originally described from the Philippines) was omitted by 

 d'Aguilar (1957) from his revision of the Old World Voriini, and remained unplaced 

 in any modern work on the tribe until recognized recently in the Australian fauna: 

 then it was pointed out that it must almost certainly be a senior synonym of Afro- 

 voria (see Crosskey, 19736 : 63). 



Since Afrovoria contained until now an Oriental species it has been necessary 

 to determine whether this suspected synonymy is correct. A critical comparison 

 made of specimens of H. bakeri (type-species of Hystricovoria) from the Philippines 



