J. Chester Bradley.
Taxonomic Notes on Agathinae (Hymenoptera-Braconidae).
Psyche 23(5):139-140, 1916.

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1916] Bradle~Taxonomic Notes on Aqathin~ a.c. = anterior claspers.
a.p. = accessory plate.
b.fp. = bam of forceps,
f. =femur.
fg. =forceps prong.
fp, =forceps.
gl and gs =first and second genital segments. n4 = fourth notum.
n64. =marginal bristles of fourth notum. mb. =membrane.
p. =penis.
p.c. =posterior claspers.
sp. = spiracles.
t. = tibia.
V.P.~, V.P.~, v.p.6 =first, fourth and sixth ventral plates. TAXONOMIC NOTES ON AGATHINE (HYMENOPTERA- BRACONIDE) .
BY J. CHESTER BRADLEY*
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
A study of the type of Miwodus julvtwcens Cresson* designated by Ashmead as type of his genus Crassomicrodus (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, p. 128, 1900), reveals the fact that in this species the hind wings have no closed discoidal cell and the longer spurs of the posterior tibize are decidedly less than one half of the length of the metatarsi, These are the characters upon which Ashmead based his genus and by which he separated it from Epimicrodus. The designated type of the latter genus is Mimodus diversus Cres- son, undoubtedly, as Mr. Viereck has already pointed out, a mis- print for divisus Cresson, since Mr. Cresson never described a Mimodus under the name diversus. Moreover divisus agrees well with most of the characters assigned by Ashmead to the genus Epimicrodus.




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140 Pqche [October
Microdus fulve~cens Cresson agrees generically in all respects with Microdus divisus Cresson, of which I have also examined the type. It is, therefore, necessary to unite the two genera. Cras-
somicrodus has page priority and will, therefore, take precedence over Epimicrodus.
Spilomicrodus Cameron possesses the characters erroneously assigned to Crassomicrodus by Dr. Ashmead in his key (loc. cit.) and should, therefore, replace the latter name in that key, while Crassomicrodus should there replace Epimicrodus . Crassomicrodus Ashmead.
1900. Crassomicrodus Ashmead. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 3% :1%8. (Type : Microdus f ulvescens Cresson.)
1900. Epimicrodus Ashmead. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 3%:1%9. (Type : Microdus diversus [sic] = divisus Cresson.) Malar space short, or only slightly lengthened, not rostriform as in Agathis; maxillary palpi slender, five-segmented, the second segment slender; parapsidal furrows distinct; mesopleural fur- row strong, foveolate; propodeum not areolated, its spiracles small and round. First and second discoidal cells separate; sec- ond cubital cell petiolate, small and triangular; hind wings with- out a closed discoidal cell. Longer hind tibia1 spur less than one half the length of the metatarsus; claws large, simple; ovipositor not exserted.
THE GENERIC POSITION OF Two CUBAN AGATHINB. Microdus jasciipennis Cresson, of which I have examined the type belongs to Zelomorphidea Viereck, a subgenus of Zelomor- phus, Mr. Viereck has ventured the suggestion that all the South American Disophrys probably belong to Zelomorphidea, and in the main I suspect that he is correct. Nevertheless Agathis cub- ensis Cresson, of which I have also studied the type, is more closely allied with Disophrys than with any other described genus, and should be placed in that genus pending an opportunity for a criti- cal revision of the genera of Agathinze. Its claws are cleft, its areola quadrate, its face elongate, rostriform, and its hind legs stout.




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