92 [January 



Smiera intermedia, n. sp. 



Yellowish-ferruginous; abdomen scarlet: vertex, occiput, cheeks, antenn-e, 

 tegulae, four anterior legs, posterior coxae above, and their tibiae and tarsi, black; 

 wings fusco-hyaline. 



Yellowish-ferruginous, closely and deeply punctured, pubescent; head 

 black, the face, inner orbits, clypeus and mandibles, pale ferruginous; 

 antennas inserted on the middle of the face, stout, dull fuscous, scape 

 shining black. Thorax closely and coarsely punctured ; the dorsal lines 

 of the mesothorax deeply impressed; scutellum roughly punctured, with 

 their posterior margin carinated ; metathorax coarsely rugose, with an 

 acute spine on each side; tegular piccous, shining. Wings uniformly 

 pale fusco-hyaline, slightly iridescent; nervures blackish. Legs bright 

 yellowish-ferruginous, tinged with scarlet, pubescent; the four anterior 

 femora and tibial piceous, pale at tips ; posterior coxae very elongate, 

 with a broad exterior black stripe, their femora much swollen, stained 

 on the outside with bright scarlet, and armed beneath with a row of 

 small teeth tipped with black ; their tibiae and tarsi entirely black, the 

 former curved and acute at tip. Abdomen small, ovate, convex, smooth 

 and polished, scarcely compressed, bright scarlet; petiole nearly one- 

 half the length of the remainder of the abdomen. Length 3 lines; ex- 

 panse of wings 7 lines. 



Collection. — Dr. J. Gundlach. One specimen. 



Smiera ignea, n. sp. 



Reddish-orange; flagellura, central stripe on mesothorax, a small spot on 

 each side of it, as well as the anterior and posterior margins, a central spot on 

 metathorax, a round spot on posterior coxae above, and the extreme tip of ab- 

 domen, black; wings hyaline; abdomen elongate, acuminate and pointed. 



Uniformly bright reddish-orange; antennas inserted on the middle 

 of the face, scape long and slender, flagellum dull black, long and of 

 uniform thickness. Thorax closely and rather deeply punctured ; the 

 anterior and posterior margin of the mesothorax, as well as a central 

 longitudinal stripe and a short line on each lateral lobe, black, the line 

 on the anterior margin is somewhat thickened on each side of the mid- 

 dle ; scutellum with a central longitudinal black line ; metathorax 

 coarsely rugose, with a large black spot on the disk. Wings hyaline, 

 or with a very faint dusky tinge, slightly iridescent. Legs color of the 

 body, smooth and shining; the posterior coxa) elongate, robust at base, 

 with a rather large round black spot above ; their femora much swollen 

 and armed beneath with a row of about fifteen obtuse blackish teeth, 

 the basal one rather large, the others minute; their tibiae curved, very 

 acute at tips and margined within with black ; the tarsi orange-yellow. 

 Abdomen elongate, fusiform, acute at tip, smooth and polished, black 



