SMICRA. 95 



*-? '45. Smicra tenebrosa. 



Smicra tenebrosa, Walker, Journ. of Eat. i. p. 181 \ 

 Eab. Mexico \ 



46. Smicra dorsimaculata. 



Nigra ; orbitis oculorum, pronoto laterali, maculis mesonoti scutelloque rufo-flavis ; abdomine flavo-maculato ; 



tarsis flavis, tibiis femoribusque posterioribus rufo-flavo maculatis. 

 Long. 3f millim. 



Eab. Guatemala, Volcan de Atitan 1500 to 3500 feet (Champion). 



Mandibles yellow; the reddish yellow line round the eyes is narrow, and is inter = 

 rupted at the top and bottom ; the head in front is rough, the front is but little exca- 

 vated. Thorax coarsely punctured, and covered with a sparse white pubescence ; 

 pronotum lined with reddish yellow all round ; behind and close to the antennse the 

 band becomes broader. On the mesonotum and touching this band are two small 

 marks, which are longer than broad ; a broad line runs from it to the tegulse, and a 

 broad band stretches from one side to the other. The scutellum is yellow, with a 

 narrow black longitudinal line running down the centre, and with two large irregular 

 reddish brown marks at either end, which stretch nearly right across ; the apical 

 one extends to the apex of the scutellum, which is somewhat acutely pointed. The 

 metanotum is irregularly punctured. The petiole thick, and about three fourths of 

 the length of the posterior coxae. At the base of the abdomen are two short yellow 

 marks ; behind these two longer and broader ones, and close to the apex are two 

 roundish ones. The trochanters are testaceous; the four anterior tibise are reddish 

 yellow, black behind ; the posterior black with a reddish yellow mark close to the base, 

 and a larger one at the apex on the outer side and at the sides. The posterior femora 

 are black, the apical third on the outside yellow, variegated with brown ; the apex 

 is yellowish brown on the inner side also. The teeth are small, and occupy the whole 

 of the underside. 



47. Smicra toluca. 



Smicra toluca, Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 42 \ 

 Eab. Mexico 1 . 



48. Smicra petioliventris. 



Nigra; ore, orbitis oculorum, abdominisque basi flavis; thorace, abdomine pedibusque flavo et brunneo 



maculatis. 

 Long. 4 millim. 



Eab. Guatemala, Volcan de Atitlan 2500 to 3500 feet (Champion). 



The yellow band round the eyes is narrow, and is interrupted in the middle ; on the 

 underside the scape is yellowish at the base. The sides of the pronotum are broadly 



