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Bmiora subpunctata (Walker) Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, p. 57, 

 1872.— Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. Bull. 5, p. 36, 1885. 



Smiera nigropicta Ckesson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia, vol. 4, p. 95, 1865; 

 The Cresson types of Hymenoptera, p. 76, 1916. 



Smiera nigropicta (Cresson) Walker, Notes on Chalcidiae, p. 51, 1871. — Cresson, 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, pp. 38, 53, 1872.— Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 Bur. Ent. Bull. 5, p. 35, 1885. 



Smiera ignea Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia, vol. 4, p. 92, 1865; The 

 Cresson types of Hymenoptera, p. 75, 1916. 



Smiera ignea (Cresson) Walkee, Notes on Chalcidiae, p. 51, 1871. — Cresson, 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, pp. 37, 49, 192, 1872; Howard, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. Bur. Ent. Bull. 5, p. 34, 1885. — Cresson, Synopsis of the families and 

 genera of the Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico, p. 233, 1887. — 

 Dalla Torre, Catalogus hymenopterorum, vol. 5, p. 377, 1898. — Ashmead, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc London, vol. 48, p. 337, 1900. — Schmiedeknecht, Genera 

 insectorum, fasc. 97, p. 35, 1909. 



Smiera mirahilis Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, pp. 38, 53, 192, 1872. — 

 Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. Bull. 5, p. 35, 1885. — Cresson, Synopsis 

 of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico, 

 p. 233, 1887. — Dalla Torre, Catalogus hymenopterorum, vol. 5, p. 379, 

 1898. — Schmiedeknecht, Genera insectorum, fasc. 97, p. 35, 1909. — Cresson, 

 The Cresson types of Hymenoptera, p. 75, 1916. 



This common tropical and subtropical species is most easily recog- 

 nized by its very large compound eyes (fig. 7, j) , the long and slender 

 antennal flagellum with the three apical segments conspicuously 

 shorter than the basal ones, the wide and deep scrobe cavity, and the 

 usually large and acute basal tooth of the metafemur (fig. 12, i). 



Description. — Yellow, orange, or red with variable black markings ; 

 dorsal side of flagellum, T-shaped mark on mesopraescutum, a longi- 

 tudinal stripe on each lobe of mesoscutum, mesal angles of axillae, 

 longitudinal mesal stripe on mesoscutellum, usually a round dorsal 

 spot on outer dorsal surface of metacoxa, metatrochanters usually, 

 outer ventral teeth and usually an apical spot on metafemur, variable 

 mesal spot on propodeum, and usually apex of abdomen, black. 



Female : 5.5-8 mm. Antennae inserted ventrad of center of f rons 

 (fig. 7, /), apex of scape exceeding level of posterior ocelli, pedicel 

 five-eighths and ring segment one-eighth length of segment 4, segment 

 5 slightly shorter than 4, segments 5 to 10 gradually decreasing in 

 length, so that segment 10 is only five-eighths length of 4, last three 

 segments combined equal to third and fourth segments, exact shape 

 of segments 12 and 13 variable, 12 usually much shorter than 11 or 

 13; scrobe cavity deep and wide, area of frons laterad of scrobe 

 cavity very narrow (fig. 7, /) ; interantennal projection provided with 

 a narrow anterior lamina; frons with lateral carinae, and provided 

 with a few scattered punctures laterad of scrobe cavity and on lateral 

 areas of frons ventrad of antennal bases, elsewhere minutely and 

 obscurely reticulated; frontal tentorial pits located near anterior 



