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MYMExXOPTERA 



15. Genus ALLOTHECA, Cameron 



Allotheca. Cameron, Ann. S. Afiic. Mus. Vol. 5, p. io3 (1906). 



Allgemeine Charaktere. — u Metathoracic spiracles small, oval. Basal third of ahiloniinal 

 petiole narrowed, the apical part dilated; the basal part of it becomes gradually wider, the apical (and 

 larger) is of equal width ; the other segments are not much compressed. Parapsidal furrows obsolete. 

 Clypeus not separated from the face, its apex bluntly rounded. INIalar space long, not quite so long as 

 the antennal scape. Kyes parallel, not emarginate within. Scutellum roundh- convex. .Metanotum with 

 the apex wideh" and deeply depressed. Areolet four-angled, the nervures meeting in front. Transverse 

 median nervure interstitial. Sub-discoidal nervure originating below the middle of the recurrent ner- 

 vure. Disco-cubital nervure rounded in the middle, not broken. Basal abscissa of radius roundly curved 

 downwards; the apical straight, oblique. Apical nervures in hind wings almost, if not quite, obsolete. 

 Antennae shorter th.tn the body, the third joint distinctly longer than the fourth. Claws simple. Man- 

 dibles bidentate. Labrum large, projecting. Palpi and trophi normal. The head in front is elongate, 

 clearly longer than wide ; it is somewhat rostriform, but not so much as in Rliyncliexetastes. The charac- 

 teristics of the genus are the campanulate abdominal petiole, narrowed clearly at the base, large, 

 hollowed labrum, hollowed centre of metanotum, and semi-obsolete apical nervures in hind wings. 

 The transverse median nervure in the latter appears to be broken close to the bottom. The ovipositor, 

 too, is longer than in the normal Baiichini. The long ovipositor makes it look more like a Pimplid than 

 anything else. » 



Geographische Verbreitung der Art : 



Banchus. Fabiicius, Mant. Ins. Vol. i,p. 103(1787). 



Cidaphurus. Förster, Verh. Nat. Ver. Preuss Kheinl. Vol. 25, p. i5g(i86H). 

 Corynephanus Wesmael, Bull. Acad. Sc. Belg. \'ol. 16, Pt. i, p. 63i (184g). 



Allgenneine Charaktere. — Kopf quer; Clypeu^ nicht quer, in der INIitte ausgerandet ; 

 viertes Glied des Kiefertasters mehr oder minder erweitert, das letzte Glied bei Coryneplianes Wesmael 

 am Ende knopfförmig. Fühler kürzer als der Körper, kräftig. Thorax ziemlich gedrungen. Parapsiden 

 fehlen, Schildchen mit Zähnchen oder mit Dorn {Corynephanes, Wesmael und Culaphiuus Förster) 

 bewaffnent ; Metathorax gestutzt, mit einer undeutlichen Querleiste: Luftloch lang. Areola gross, 

 rhombisch; Nervus parallelus unter der Mitte, Nervellus hoch oben gebrochen. Beine mehr oder 

 weniger kräftig. Klauen gekämmt. Hinterleib sitzend, Ende stark comprimiert ( 9 ). Luftlöcher des 

 ersten Segmentes vor der Mitte. I-îohrer versteckt. 



Geographische Verbreitung der Arten : 



2. REGION 



\. A. annulipes. Cameron. Ann. S. Afric. Mus. Vol. 5, p. 104, 9 (1906). 



Cape Colony. 



16. Genus BANCHUS, Fabricius 



I. REGION 



1. B. acumiiialor, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. V'ol. i, p. 26S (1787). 



2. B. coinpyessHS, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Vol. 2, p. 180. 9 cf {^79^)- 



? variegator, Fabricius, ibidem, p. lyS (lygSi, 



Europa centralis. 

 Europa fere tota. 



