50 E. T. CRESSON. 



gin, large triangular spot at base of scutellum, metathorax except large mark 

 beneath posterior wing, and a large irregular, crenulated depression on pleura, 

 black ; thorax with dense coarse punctures, clothed with a rather long pale 

 pubescence; wings hyaline; tips of posterior coxae, their trochanters, three 

 spots on outer side of their femora— one on middle of upper margin, one at tip 

 and a larger one on middle of lower margin, extending to inner side — and base 

 of their tibiae, black; femoral teeth four in number, the two middle ones long, 

 acute, black, the others blunt and tipped with black; tips of tarsi dusky; abdo- 

 men small, subcompressed, smooth and polished, stained with ferruginous at 

 base, the segments above banded with black; petiole bright yellow, slender, 

 more than half the length of posterior coxae. Length .25 inch. 



Bab. — Texas. (Belfrage.) This may prove to be only a variety of 

 pulchra. 



37. Smicra pulclira. 



Srniera pulchra, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 94. 



Jlab. — Mexico; Cuba. Five specimens. This species is lemon-yel- 

 low ; antennae brown-ferruginous; spot on vertex, occiput, disk of pro- 

 thorax, large mark on mesothorax enclosing three or four yellow spots, 

 most of pleura and metathorax, tips of posterior coxae, three spots on 

 their femora, base of their tibiae and bands on disk of abdomen, black; 

 wings subhyaline ; scutellum and metathorax each with two stout acute 

 teeth ; posterior femora armed beneath with four large acute black 

 teeth, the two middle ones the longest and directed backwards. A 

 specimen from Mexico has a broad central black stripe on scutellum. 

 Length .20— .25 inch. 



38. Smicra cxoruata, n. sp. 



%. — Lemon-yellow; back part of head, three more or less dilated stripes on 

 mesothorax, a transverse band in front, another on posterior margin, a slender 

 central stripe on scutellum, generally ending in abroad triangular mark at apex, 

 and an oblique line on pleura, black; antennae blackish above, fulvous be- 

 neath, scape yellow ; scutellum bilobate behind ; wings hyaline; tips of poster- 

 ior coxae, their trochanters, a short stripe on upper edge of their femora, a 

 spot at tips, a round spot on lower edge between middle and apex, the four long 

 acute oblique teeth, three spots on inner side, and extreme base and apex of 

 their tibiae, black; their femora more elongate than usual, not so much swollen; 

 abdomen banded with black above; petiole short, yellow. Length .22 — .25 

 inch. 



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



39. Smicra compactilis, n. sp. 



9- — Dullluteous; depressed space behind antennae, back of head, a large 

 mark on disk of mesothorax, a narrow longitudinal mark on each side, none of 

 which extend to posterior margin, a broad, transverse mark on disk of scutellum 



and most of the pleura, black ; antennae ; thorax broad, densely coarsely 



punctured; scutellum large, bituberculate behind; wings dusky, especially 

 along costa; legs entirely luteous, posterior femora large, much swollen, armed 

 beneath with four large teeth tipped with black; abdomen pale yellow at base 



