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52. Smicra immaculata. 



Smiera immaculata, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 97. 

 Hab. — Cuba. Two specimens. Entirely pale yellowish ; antennae 

 slightly dusky at tips ; wings hyaline ; femoral teeth numerous, minute 

 and dusky; postorior tarsi blackish at tips; abdomen tinged with ful- 

 vous; petiole as long as the remainder of abdomen. Length .10 

 inch. 



The following species have not been identified : — 



Smicra nigrifex, Sulzer. Walk. Ent. Mag. ii, p. 22.—" % 9 .—Black ; 

 head with two spots between eyes; metathoracic scutellum bispinose at apex; 

 tegulas yellow; legs black; four anterior femora yellow at tips; posterior fe- 

 mora yellow, base above and apex black, armed with thirteen black teeth; four 

 anterior tibiae fuscous; posterior tibiae yellow at tips; their tarsi fulvous, with 

 fuscous tips ; wings dusky. Leugth 3 lines." 



Hab. — Europe. Said to occur also in North America, with charac- 

 ters slightly modified. 



Smicra side, Walker, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 ser. i, p. 145.—" 9 .—Black ; 

 spots on face and posterior orbits yellow; antennae piceous ; thorax with ferru- 

 ginous spots; petiole tolerably long; abdomen fusiform, smooth, shining, apex 

 attenuate and acuminate, with ferruginous and yellow bands, base ferruginous, 

 apex black ; legs fulvous; coxae black; tips of tarsi fuscous; four anterior fe- 

 mora ])iceous, tips fulvous; base of tibiae fuscous, tips yellow; posterior femora 

 black, base and apex varied with fulvous and yellow; their tibiae with black 

 bands; wings fuscous. Length 4J mill." 



Hah. — Florida. This seems to approach delira. 



Smicra pompiloicles, Walker, Notes on Chalcidiae, iii, p. 53, 1871.— 



" £.— Black; antennae red beneath; petiole longitudinally furrowed, short; 

 abdomen red, fusiform, as long as thorax; hind femora with a large fusiform 

 yellow spot on outer side and on inner side a very broad yellow stripe, much 

 narrowed towards the tips ; a slender red stripe beneath along the minute black 

 teeth ; wings cinereous, brown towards base. Length 3£ lines." 

 Hab. — Mexico. 



Smicra tenebrosa, Walker, Jour. Ent. i, p. 181.—" %.— Black; orbits 

 yellow, broad on face and interrupted on each side of vertex; thorax with a 

 yellow sjjot on each side in front and another on each side of scutellum, which 

 is unarmed; petiole very short ; legs yellow; hind coxse black, very lone ■ hind 

 femora with many minute teeth, with an angular black band which traverses 

 the disk on each side and is connected on the inner side with an apical black 

 spot; hind tibiae black at base and tips ; wings blackish, paler at base and along 

 hind border. Length 2£ lines." 

 Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico. 



Smicra divisa. Walker, Jour. Entom. i, p. 178.—" % £.— Black; head 

 with a yellow spot on each side of the front; thorax with a yellow curved band 

 in front; scutellum unarmed, with a yellow hind border; petiole yellow, long, 

 slender, nearly as long as hind coxae in % ; anterior tibiae of % yellow beneath ; 

 hind coxae very long; hind femora with one large and several small teeth, and 



