ASHMEAD : CLASSIFICATION OF THE CHALCID FLIES 449 



Genus EPIN^US Kiiby. 

 EpiNiEUS DUX (Walker). 



Smiera dux Walker, Journ. Entom., I., 1861, p. 173, 9. 



Epinseus dux Kirby, Journ. Linn. Soc. London, Zool., XV'^IL, 18S3, p. 58. — Dalla 

 Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 395. 

 Brazil : Para (Bates). 



ENNEASMICRA Ashmead, geu. nov. 



In this genus the hind femora are armed with nine moderately large teeth and 

 the scutellum is usually bidentate or emarginate at apex, rarely normal. 



Enneasmicr.\ exinaniens (Walker). 



Smiera exinaniens Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), II., 1861, p. 198, 9. 

 Smiera exinaniens Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 377. 

 Brazil. 



Enneasmicra corumbensis, sj). nov. 



Feinale. — Length 6.5 mm. Yellow ; a spot on the occiput, a small dot on the 

 middle of the front face of the pronotum, an oblong spot on the inner margin of the 

 lateral mesothoracic lobes anteriorly, two long triangular spots on the middle lobe 

 anteriorly and a median line posteriorly, a spot at apex of the scutellum which is 

 connected with a central line, the mesopleural furrow, a small spot on the hind coxie 

 near the base, and three spots on the hind femora, black. The abdomen is conic- 

 ovate, the body brownish or fuscous above, the petiole hardly twice as long as thick 

 and yellow. The hind femora are armed with nine large, black teeth, the last 

 two more or less united at base. 



Brazil : Corumba in April. One specimen. 



Enne.vsmior.\ incerta, sp. nov. 



M(de. — Length 7 mm. Reddish golden brown ; the dagellum, a large median 

 spot on the front face of the pronotum, a transverse spot at apex of the scutellum 

 and a transverse line at l)ase, both being connected by a central line, a spot on the 

 lateral mesothoracic lobes, a large triangular spot extending from tlie anterior mar- 

 gin of the middle lobe, and a spot at the apex of the metanotum, black. The 

 abdomen is oblong-oval, the petiole a little more than three times as long as thick, 

 the doi-sal segments tinged with brown. The hind femora are about thrice as long 

 as wide and armed with nine large, black teeth. 



Brazil : Corumba, in May. One specimen. 



