54 E. T. CRESSON. 



48. Smicra Gumllachii. 



Smicra Gundlachii, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 93. 

 Hob. — Cuba. (Coll. Dr. Gundlach.) One specimen. This fine 

 large species is luteous-yellow ; the antennae except scape, spot on ver- 

 tex, apical half or two-thirds of posterior coxae and their tibiae except 

 base, black; wings subhyaliue, costa fuscous; scutellum immaculate, 

 with an obtuse tubercle on the disk and two subacute flattened teeth 

 on the carinate posterior margin; femoral teeth numerous and small; 

 abdominal segments with their margins pale ferruginous, the third seg- 

 ment having a large blackish spot above near tip ; petiole nearly as long 

 as remainder of abdomen. Length .35 inch. 



49. Smicra jh\<;b. n. sp. 



£> . — Head lemon-yellow ; excavation behind antennae and head behind, 

 black; antennae fulvous, blackish above, yellow beneath ; prothorax lemon- 

 yellow, with a spot on anterior middle, and one on each side, black ; mesothorax 

 black, with two oblique stripes on disk and lateral margin rather broadly yel- 

 low; scutellum lemon-yellow, with a large transverse black spot, connected to 

 base by a slender black line, apex rounded, unarmed; metathorax with basal 

 and lateral margin rather broadly black; sutures of pleura broadly black; te- 

 gulae dusky; wings hyaline; legs lemon-yellow; tips of posterior coxae, their 

 trochanters, a large spot on outer disk of their femora, continued beneath and 

 within, and along inferior dentate margin to apex ending there in a spot on 

 both sides, black; femoral teeth numerous and minute; posterior tibiae black 

 at extreme base; abdomen yellow, banded with black and fulvous, base of first 

 segment with a longitudinal black stripe; petiole about half the length of pos- 

 terior coxae, black. Length .23 inch. 



Hob. — Mexico. (Prof. Sumichrast.) Two specimens. 



50. Smicra pallens. 



Smiera pallens, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 96. 



Hab. — Cuba. Four specimens. Pale yellow ; flagellum, a central 

 stripe and spot on each side of mesothorax (sometimes indistinct) as 

 well as anterior and posterior margins, spot on scutellum, tip of meta- 

 thorax and stain on tip of abdomen, black or dusky; legs immaculate; 

 femoral teeth numerous, minute and dusky ; wings hyaline ; scutellum 

 unarmed. Length .10 — .12 inch. 



51. Smicra delicata, n. sp. 



9- — Pale yellow, more or less tinged with honey yellow; antennae pale fer- 

 ruginous, flagellum fuscous above; thorax imperceptibly punctured, almost 

 smooth ; wings hyaline ; a honey-yellow spot on extreme tips of posterior fe- 

 mora, also covering base of their tibiae; femoral teeth numerous, very minute, 

 and black ; abdomen ovate, subcompressed at tip, pale coccineous, pale yellow- 

 ish at base ; petiole short, pale yellow. Length .15 inch. 



Bab. — Texas. (Belfrage.) Two specimens. Allied to immaculata 

 which, however, is more uniformly pale yellow except abdomen, with 

 the petiole much longer and slender. 



