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and apex, varied with dusky on dorsal middle; petiole short, stout. Length 

 .30 inch. 



Hab. — Mexico. (Prof. Sumichrast.) One specimen. 



40. Smicra inontezuma, n. sp. 



% . — Lemon-yellow ; spot on middle of front, a band on back of head, anten- 

 nae, except scape beneath, spot on anterior middle of prothorax, a large mark 

 on anterior middle of mesothorax enclosing a yellow spot, a stripe on each side 

 connected behind by a narrow sutural line, a dot on basal middle of scutellum 

 and a sutural line on pleura, black,- scutellum rounded and margined at apex ; 

 metathorax with a prominent subacute lateral spine; wings blackish, apical 

 third subhyaline ; extreme tips of posterior coxae, a broad line above not reach- 

 ing base, their trochanters, a spot on tips of their femora, a spot near lower edge 

 between base and apex, the minute teeth and extreme base of their tibiae, black; 

 abdomen pale fulvous, with base and band at base of second segment yellow; 

 petiole short, stout. Length 30 inch. 



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



41. Smicra aztcca, n. sp. 



% . — Luteous-yellow, hear] and thorax beneath lemon-yellow; the excavation 

 behind antennae, dot on each posterior ocellus and back of head, black; flagel- 

 lum ferruginous, scape yellow; a dot on anterior middle of prothorax, a spot or 

 short line on each side above, sometimes wanting, four lines on mesothorax, the 

 central two converging behind where they unite and reach the basal margin in 

 one line, a central stripe on scutellum and sometimes the sutures of pleura, 

 black; thorax densely punctured ; scutellum rounded and margined at apex ; 

 metathorax coarsely reticulated ; wings yellow-hyaline, paler at tips; four an- 

 terior legs entirely lemon-yellow; posterior pair luteous, their coxae with two 

 black stripes the upper one generally much broader and longer than the outer; 

 posterior femora large, both sides with a stripe above and an oblique stripe to- 

 wards base beneath, black, sometimes those on outside are pale brown and some- 

 times nearly obsolete ; the teeth numerous, minute and black; posterior tibiae 

 brown at base; abdomen yellow, bands with fuscous or dull fulvous; petiole 

 short, stout, with a lateral black spot on stripe. Length .30— .40 inch. 



Hab. — Mexico. (Prof. Sumichrast.) Five specimens. 



42. Smicra conjungens. 



Sm.iera corijungens, Walker, Notes on Chalcidiae, iii, p. 53, %. 

 Bab. — Mexico. (Prof. Sumichrast.) Three £ specimens. This 

 fine species is yellow, with head behind, space behind antennse, two 

 dots including the two posterior ocelli, a band on prothorax in front, a 

 short streak on each side, three stripes on mesothorax, the middle one 

 very broad and dilated in front, all connected on hind border, a central 

 stripe on scutellum, basal margin of metathorax, a dilated spot on 

 apical middle, a short oblique line on each side within lateral swelling, 

 and two oblique stripes on pleura, all black; scutellum rounded atapex 

 and unarmed; wings yellow-hyaline, faintly dusky at tips; posterior 

 coxae with a broad black stripe within and a very slender one on outer 

 side, sometimes indistinct; posterior femora on inner side with two 

 black stripes, the upper one emitting two black bands, one on middle 



