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with two yellow stripes on outer side in % , and one in 9; hind tibiae with a 

 yellow spot; wings cinereous, with a lurid tinge along costa. Length 3 — 3£ 

 lines." 



Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico. 



Smicra dimidiata. Sichel (Conura), Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4 ser. v, p. 390.— 

 " 9 . Black, abdomen entirely yellow ; antennae blackish, yellowish beneath ; scu- 

 tellum emarginate at apex, bilobate; legs black, knees and tarsi yellow; pos- 

 terior femora with five large teeth, and a large golden spot on outer middle > 

 wings hyaline, dusky at base. Length 8 mill." 



Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico. 



Smicra erytlirina. Walker, Jour. Ent. i, p. 179. — " 9- — Bed; head yel- 

 lowish in front, with a black mark behind ; antennae black, scape red ; protho- 

 rax with a black sutural line between it and mesothorax ; scutum of the latter 

 with a black longitudinal line; scutellum unarmed; pectus mostly black; pe- 

 tiole short ; abdominal segments with piceous bands on fore border ; hind coxae 

 with black stripe on each side ; hind femora with black streak and lower black 

 stripe on inner side, armed with many minute teeth ; wings cinereous. Length 

 3i lines." 



Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico. This seems allied to flammeola. 



Smicra Fidius, Walker, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. v, p. 127.—" 9 .— 

 Red, front and under side yellow ; antenna) black, piceous beneath, scape yel- 

 low, black at tip; sides of thorax marked with yellow; breast mostly black, a- 

 black line passes along the back of scutum of mesothorax ; metathorax black ; 

 petiole short; abdomen black towards apex; fore and middle legs bright yel- 

 low; hind coxse yellow, tinged with red above and each having a black spot on 

 outside; hind thighs red, their tibiae yellow towards base which is black, hav- 

 ing a black band across the middle and reddish at tips; hind tarsi yellow, tips 

 piceous; wings hyaline. Length 2\ lines." 



Hab. — West Indies. 



Smicra Pratinas, Walker, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. v, p. 130.—" %. — 

 Bright red ; crown of head black, a spot of same color along lower edge of eye; 

 fore chest with a large black spot on its back and a smaller one on each side ; 

 a small black spot on each of the epimera of middle chest ; petiole long ; abdo- 

 men smooth, shining, short; antennae black, red at base, joints 10 — 14 yellow; 

 hips and thighs red, latter tinged with black; shanks black, with yellow tips, 

 tarsi yellow; hind legs red, coxae black towards tip and that generally on up- 

 per side ; hind tibiae dark red, black at base and towards tips; wings dark 

 brown. Length 2 lines." 

 Hab. — West Indies. 



Smicra Ampyx, Walker, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. v, p. 129.—" 9 .— 

 Tawny; mouth yellow ; petiole as long as abdomen which is elliptical; fore 

 and middle legs yellow; wings hyaline. Length 1J line." 



Hab. — West Indies. 



Smicra fulvcscciis. Walker, Ent. Mag. ii, p. 25.— " % 9 .—Ferruginous, 

 paler beneath; antennae fuscous, fulvous beneath; petiole slender, half the 

 length of abdomen, shorter in 9; abdomen ferruginous, banded with fuscous 

 above; legs yellowish ; posterior femora with fourteen black teeth ; posterior 



