1865.] 93 



at the extreme tip; petiole short and stout. Length 23 lines; expanse 



of wings 4 lines. 



Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. One specimen. 



Smiera Gundlachii, n. sp. 



Luteous-yellow; antennae, spot on vertex, apical half of posterior coxae, and 

 their tibiae except base, black; wings subhyaline, costa fuscous; scutelhun 

 armed behind with two acute teeth. 



Luteous-yellow, slightly pubescent; a black spot on the vertex, cov- 

 ering the ocelli, behind which it spreads across to the summit of the 

 eyes; antennae inserted on the middle of the front, stout, of uniform 

 thickness, dull black, the scape yellow. Thorax discolored with brown- 

 ish ; prothorax obliquely striated ; mesothorax covered with fine trans- 

 verse striae, somewhat oblique posteriorly; pleura coarsely punctured, 

 slightly varied with yellow ; scutellum large and prominent, coarsely 

 rugose, with an obtuse tubercle on the disk and two subacute flattened 

 teeth on the posterior margin which is somewhat carinate ; metathorax 

 coarsely rugose, with a large obtuse projection on each extreme side 

 immediately beneath the hind-wings; tegulae dull luteous. Wings 

 large, ample, subhyaline, varied with hyaline, the costa deeply stained 

 with fuscous. Legs luteous-yellow, smooth and polished ; posterior 

 coxae very elongate, the apical half beneath and the apical two-thirds 

 above, as well as the trochanters, black, with a short, stout tooth above 

 near the tip; posterior femora much swollen, and armed beneath with 

 a row of small obtuse teeth, the basal one the largest; their tibiae 

 curved, acute at tip, black except the base Abdomen short and sub- 

 globose, smooth and shining, apical margins of the segments stained 

 with pale ferruginous, with a large blackish stain above near the tip of 

 the third segment; remaining segments retracted; petiole nearly as long 

 as the rest of the abdomen. Length 4 lines ; expanse of wings 10 lines. 

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



A fine large species; the brown color of the thorax is probably oc- 

 casioned by an accidental discoloration, as one of the middle legs is 

 brownish, while the other is entirely bright yellow. 



Smiera Eubule, Poey, MSS. 



Luteous; vertex, antennae, spot on each side of thorax, most of mesothorax, 

 large triangular spot on scutellum, posterior half of posterior coxeb, and spots 

 on their femora, dull ferruginous: scutellum and metathorax each with two 

 acute spines ; posterior femora armed beneath with four large teeth, the basal 

 one very stout; wings subhyaline. 



Luteous-yellow, slightly pubescent; the space behind the antennae, 

 vertex and occiput, brownish ; face sparsely punctured ; antennae in- 

 serted on the middle of the front, ferruginous-brown, stout, the flagel- 



