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8. Smiera ftavopieta. 



Smiera flavopicta, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Fhil. iv. p. 99. 

 Hah. — Cuba. Very closely allied to torvina ; the third, fourth and 

 fifth abdominal segments have two yellow spots on each side, and the 

 posterior femora are rather differently ornamented. 



9. Smiera delira, n. sp. 



%. — Black; face prolonged beneath eyes; a large subrhomboidal spot be- 

 tween and beneath base of antennae, a large spot beneath eyes, and mandibles 

 except tips while; narrow posterior orbits continued upward over the summit 

 of the eye and then transversely to lower ocellus, a dot behind each upper ocel- 

 lus and a dot on anterior orbits, ferruginous ; first joint of antennae long, very 

 robust, fulvous, with a black stripe at tip within; second joint elongate, about 

 one-fourth the length of the first, fuscous ; flagellum ferruginous, fuscous above, 

 the joints very short and compact; thorax finely punctured ; prothorax varied 

 with ferruginous markings, the anterior margin with six yellowish spots; me- 

 sothorax with four yellowish spots on each side of disk; scutellum with a later- 

 al yellowish stripe; tegulae pale yellow, a ferruginous clot beneath ; wings hy- 

 aline; legs honey-yellow, varied with pale yellow, coxae and base of femora 

 black; posterior femora marbled on apical half with ferruginous and yellow- 

 ish-white, teeth very minute; posterior tibiae pale yellowish at and base apex, 

 dusky medially; tarsi pale; abdomen ovate, smooth and shining, ferruginous 

 at base and apex, black on disk above, with a more or less distinct whitish 

 spot on each side of the segments, large on second and on two or three apical 

 segments; petiole short, black. Length .15 inch. 



Hab. — Texas. (Belfrage.) In style of ornamentation this ap- 

 proaches very nearly to torvina, which is, however, larger and differ- 

 ently shaped, and the abdomen differently marked. 



10. Smiera mendiea, n. sp. 



% . — Black, varied with ferruginous and whitish ; a white spot between base 

 of antennae; sides of face, orbits, confluent with a line that curves around the 

 posterior ocelli and terminates on occiput, and mandibles except tips, yellowish 

 ferruginous; scape black, ferruginous laterally, (flagellum broken off); pro- 

 thorax ferruginous above, with four small yellowish spots on anterior margin; 

 mesothorax sparsely and finely punctured, black, side pieces ferruginous, a 

 spot on each side of anterior middle, and a spot in front of tegulae, whitish; 

 scutellum flat, sparsely punctured, shining, narrowly margined with pale fer- 

 ruginous, with a white transverse mesial band interrupted on the disk ; narrow 

 space immediately beneath wings pale ferruginous; tegulae pale piceous ; wings 

 hyaline, iridescent; four anterior legs honey-yellow, tarsi pale, coxae and base 

 of femora blackish ; posterior coxae black, their extreme tips and trochanters 

 honey-yellow ; posterior femora much swollen, ovate, outer side with basal half 

 black, tinged beneath with brown, and with a white spot over basal tooth, 

 apical half irregularly white, interrupted beneath and at tip with brown and 

 by a double black spot on upper margin near apex, on inner side black, mar- 

 gined above with ferruginous and with a whitish spot at tip, the teeth numer- 

 ous and minute; posterior tibiae brownish behind, with a whitish spot near base 

 and another near apex ; tarsi pale yellowish ; abdomen rather larger than pos- 



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