84 HYMENOPTEEA. 



the apical half beneath, trochanters, posterior knees broadly, and the femoral teeth. 

 The scape at its extreme base and on the underside to the apical third is pale reddish. 

 The wings are lighter at the apex than at the base. 



13. Smicra flammeola. 



Smicra flammeola, Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 48 \ 

 Smicra flammula, Kirby, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. p. 66. 



Hab. Mexico (Sumichrast) l . 



14. Smicra erythrina. 



Smicra erythrina, Walker, Journ. Ent. i. p. 179 l ; Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 56 \ 

 Hab. Mexico, Orizaba \ 



15. Smicra cardinalis. (Tab. V. fig. 5, ? .) 



Coccinea; pilosa, antennis trochanteribusque posticis nigris; femoribus posticis 12-dentatis, nigris, tarsis 



pallidis ; alis fumatis, apice fere hyalinis. 

 Long, fere 8 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba ( Champion). 



Antennae thick, scarcely becoming thinner towards the apex. Scape not longer than 

 first joint of flagellum, compressed on lower side. Front broadly excavated. Each 

 ocellus situated in a depression, the anterior but very little in front of the others. 

 Mesonotum transversely rugose. Scutellum coarsely rugose, its apex produced at the 

 sides into rounded membranous lobes; in the middle, between these membranous 

 expansions, the scutellum is only faintly aciculated ; behind it is semiperpendicular. 

 Pleurae rugose ; the oblique excavation in the middle is broad, deep, smooth, and shining. 

 Metathoracic fields large, central longer than broad, acute and narrow at the base and 

 apex, the middle broader; there are six lateral fields, the lower ones with projecting 

 teeth. Petiole a little longer than the abdomen, which is a little longer than broad. 

 Ovipositor black, shortly projecting. Posterior coxae longer than the petiole by nearly 

 one third, slightly thicker in front of the middle than at the base, and becoming 

 thinner towards the point. Femora almost shorter than petiole; teeth blunt; the 

 apical widely separated; the hair on the head and thorax is black, on the legs white. 



16. Smicra ferruginea. 



Ferruginea ; antennis (scapo excepto), cauda dentibusque nigris ; femorum posticorum dentibus 14 ; alis 



hyalinis. 

 Long. 6| millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, El Reposo {Champion). 



The head and thorax are covered with a longish fuscous pubescence ; the abdomen 

 and legs with a shorter and paler one. Mesonotum and the scutellum transversely 

 striated, but the striation on the latter is much less distinct. The scutellum behind 



