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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XV.] NOVEMBER, 1882. [No. 234. 



ON THE EUROPEAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS 

 SMICRA (CHALCIDIDiE). 



By W. F. Kirby, 

 Assistant in the Zoological Department, British Museum. 



Smicra sispes, Linn. 



The genus Smicra, Spin, (originally misprinted Smiera, which 

 is copied by many authors) includes the largest species of the 

 subfamily Chalcidince, and may be recognised at once by its long 

 petiole and enormous hind femora, armed with a row of teeth on 

 the under surface. On examining the specimens in the British 

 Museum I have found much confusion in the determination of 

 the European species, and thought it might be useful to publish 

 my observations without delay. 



Five European species are on our lists at present, but the 

 number is likely to be increased, as the Chalddidce have hitherto 

 been very little studied or collected. Of these, four are represented 



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