42 E. T. CRESSON. 



terior femora, smooth and polished, short ovate, ferruginous, piceous above, two 

 spots on middle of first segment, two on base of second segment and two on 

 apex, white ; petiole short, stout, black. Length .20 inch. 



Hal. — Mexico. (Prof. Sumiehrast.) One specimen. Larger than 

 delira which it somewhat resembles, but may be readily distinguished 

 by the posterior femora being broadly tipped with whitish. 



11. Smicra siifool>soleta, n. sp. 



^ . — Black, opaque; face, broad anterior orbits not reaching summit of eyes, 

 narrow posterior orbits, clypeus, labrum, and mandibles except tips, lemon- 

 yellow; antennae black above, ferruginous at tips and beneath, scape yellow be- 

 neath, flagellum short, thick, with transverse joints ; thorax with dense dilated 

 punctures, a spot on each side of prothorax above, tegulse and a spot on each 

 side of scutellum, pale yellow ; four anterior legs lemon-yellow, the coxae, a 

 stripe on their femora behind, and a short slender stripe on their tibite, black ; 

 posterior legs black ; their trochanters beneath, a spot at tip of their femora 

 above, a large spot at base, extending on upper edge nearly half way to apex, 

 and a dot on middle of inner side, lemon-yellow ; their tibiae with a subobso- 

 lete yellowish spot near base, their tarsi pale honey-yellow, terminal joint black ; 

 femoral teeth minute; abdomen small, not larger than posterior femora, subglo- 

 bose, smooth and polished, piceous, immaculate, petiole stout, about half the 

 length of posterior coxae. Length .20 inch. 



Hab. — Texas. (Belfrage.) One specimen. 



12. Smicra Toluca, n. sp. 



9- — Black, clothed with pale pubescence; sides of face, extending broadly 

 half-way up orbit of eye, and narrow posterior orbits, lemon-yellow ; antennae 

 black, scape slender, brown, yellow beneath ; thorax broad, robust, with dense 

 dilated punctures ; narrow posterior margin of prothorax, the short lateral 

 carina on anterior margin, two oblique stripes on middle of mesothorax, con- 

 verging behind, a transverse spot over tegulae, and two oblique spots on posterior 

 margin of scutellum, confluent on the bilobate, acutely and rather broadly mar- 

 gined apex, lemon-yellow; metathorax coarsely reticulated; tegulae brown, 

 with a yellow central dot; wings hyaline, tinged with yellowish ; legs polished 

 black, four anterior knees, stripe on their tibiae within and their tarsi more or 

 less, yellowish ; posterior femora with a narrow interrupted stripe above and a 

 small spot beneath towards tip on outer side and a stripe above and two spots 

 beneath on inner side, yellowish, lower edge with eight or ten teeth, which are 

 larger than usual ; abdomen ovate, smooth and shining, yellow, banded with 

 reddish, on first segment with piceous which is broadly dilated beneath; peti- 

 ole short, stout, black. Length .28 inch. 



Hub. — Mexico. (Prof. Sumiehrast.) One specimeu. 



13. Smicra mexicana, n. sp. 



9 . — Black, clothed with short pale yellowish pubescence, longer and whitish 

 on metathorax; narrow, subinterrupted orbits, scape beneath, narrow posterior 

 margin of prothorax, spot on each posterior angle of mesothorax, and two trans- 

 verse spots on scutellum yellow ; antennae black, scape slender, brown above ; 

 thorax broad, robust, densely punctured; scutellum large, subconvex, apical 

 marginal carina interrupted medially ; tegulae piceous ; wings faintly yellowish, 

 narrowly fuscous on costa; legs shining black; tips of four anterior femora 

 within, anterior tibiae within, broad stripe on posterior coxae beneath, not 



