456 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



Pentasmicra scisa (Walker). 

 Smierascim Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), II., 1864, p. 192, c?. 

 Sinicra scisa Dalla Torre, (Jut. Hyra., V., 1898, p. 381. 

 Brazil : Amazon. 



TETRASMICRA Ashmead, gen. nov. 



This genus is at once recognized by the liind femora being armed with four large 

 teetli and by the scutellum being emarginate or bidentate at apex. 



Teteasmicra concitata (Walker). 

 Smicra concitata Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), II., 1864, p. 183, 9. 

 Smicra concitata Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 375. 

 Brazil : Amazon region. 



Tetrasmicra crocata (Walker). 

 (Plate XXXII., Fig. 2.) 



Smicra crocata Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), II., 186-1, p. 186, 9. 

 Smicra crocata Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 375. 

 Brazil : Amazon region. 



Tetrasmicra destinata (Walker). 

 Smiera destinata Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), II., 1864, p. 185, 9. 

 Smicra destinata Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 376. 

 Brazil. 



Tetrasmicra maculata (Fabricius). 



Chalcis 'taacidata Fabricius, Mant. Ins., I., 1787, p. 273. — Gmelin, Linn. Syst. Nat., 

 Ed. 13% I., 1790, p. 274.— Oliver, Encyc. Method. Ins., V., 1790, p. 440.— 

 Fabricius, Ent. Syst., II., 1793, p. 198.— Fabricius, Syst. Piez., 1804, p. 162. 



Smiera maculata Walker, The Entom., I., 848, p. 287. 



Smicra maculata Cresson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, IV., 1872, p. 57. — Dalla Torre, Cat. 

 Hym., v., 1898, p. 378. 

 Brazil. 



TRISMICRA Ashmead, gen. nov. 



In this genus the; hind femora are armed with three lai-ge, strong teeth ; other- 

 wise it is similar to Tctras'inicra. 



Trismicra contracta (Walker). 



Smiera contracta Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), II., 1S64, p. 1S4, d^. 

 Smicra contracta Dalhi Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 375. 

 Brazil : Amazon region. 



