48 E. T. CRESSON. 



28. Sniiora I>aiiieri. 



Chalcis Lanieri, Guer. Icon. Ee'g. Anim. iii, p. 412, pi. 67, fig. 4. 



ifai.— Cuba. Two % ? specimens. A large bright scarlet or coc- 

 cineous species, with head above and behind, antennae, most of meso- 

 thorax, a broad stripe on posterior coxae above, a single spot or streak 

 near base of their tibiae, black; wings uniforinily dark fuscous; the 

 femoral teeth five in number, distant and irregular; metathoracie 

 spinespromiuent; abdomen immaculate, petiole short and stout. Length 

 .35 inch. 



29. Smiera coceinea. 



Smiera coceinea, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 91. 



ff a l. — Cuba. (Coll. Dr. Gundlach.) One specimen. This is al- 

 lied to Lanieri, but is at once distinguished by the thorax, posterior 

 coxae, femora and tibiae being entirely coccineous, and the four anterior 

 legs black. Length .25 inch. 



30 Smiera coccinata, n. sp. 



£ . Coccineous ; head yellowish, vertex, occiput and two spots on face, black : 



antenna black, scape compressed, with a yellowish carina beneath near apex : 

 thorax coarsely transversely wrinkled, a spot on each side of prothorax above, 

 two short broad stripes on disk of mesothorax, a spot on each side over wings 

 and two rounded spots on base of scutellum, black; scutellum coarsely trans- 

 versely wrinkled, convex, apex with two prominent compressed rounded pro- 

 cesses; metathorax coarsely reticulated; tegulse dull luteous ; wings blackish 

 fuscous, apical third subhyaline; legs bright coccineous, two anterior pairs 

 paler, with tibia and tarsi tinged with yellowish; posterior trochanters and row 

 of numerous minute femoral teeth black; tarsi yellow; abdomen small, globose, 

 smooth and polished, petiole as long as remainder of abdomen, slender, whitish. 

 Length .27 inch. 



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



81. Smiera flammeola, n. sp. 



^ J . — Fiery reddish-yellow ; head yellow, vertex and occiput tinged with 

 reddish-yellow; antenna black, scape yellow beneath; prothorax strongly 

 tinged with yellow; mesothorax transversely rugulose, clothed with short erect 

 black pubescence, the anterior, posterior and dorsal sutures and a slender black 

 median stripe, sometimes abbreviated, black ; scutellum with erect black pu- 

 bescence, and a central dusky stripe, apex rounded, margined, % with a cen- 

 tral black dot at tip ; mesothorax coarsely reticulated, tinged with yellowish ; 

 base sometimes narrowly black; pleura tinged with yellow and with two black 

 oblique stripes^on each side, sometimes reduced to spots near base of four anter- 

 ior coxae; tegulae pale yellowish; wings dusky hyaline, pale at tips, a slight 

 dusky cloud beneath tip of humerus and a small blackish spot covering the 

 cubitus; four anterior legs lemon-yellow; posterior legs fiery orange-yellow, 

 smooth and polished; the coxse more or less black within, and in % a black 

 dot on outer side near base, in 2 this is indicated merely by a dusky stain ; 

 trochanters of % black; femora of 2 with a dusky stain on outer middle, the 



