of the Family ChalcidsD. 173 



Mas ? Antenna} nigTte ; thorax luteus, striga lanceolata nigra ; pe- 

 tioliis longissimiis, supra niger; abdomen ellipticum, nigro vittatum; 

 pedes lutei, coxi.s tibiisque posticis nigro vittatis ; alse ampte. 



Female. Luteous, smooth, shining. Head and thorax very minutely 

 punctured. Head pale yellow, vertex and grooves for the antennae 

 black. Antennae ferruginous, slendei', filiform ; scape pale yellowish 

 beneath towards the base. Prothorax yellow. Mesothorax with the 

 disk of the scutum pieeous ; scutellum unamied. Abdomen fusiform, 

 acuminated, slightly compressed, with fei-ruginous bands, much longer 

 and narrower than the thorax; petiole short. Anterior femora and 

 tibiae with black stripes ; hind coxae very long, with a pieeous stripe 

 on the outer side and with a black sti'ipe beneath ; hind femora much 

 incrassated, minutely dentate, with a broad black basal streak. Wings 

 limpid, cinereous towards the tips ; veins luteous, black towards the 

 tips; idna a little less than half the length of the humerus, shorter 

 than the radius ; cubitus short. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



Villa Nova. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



Male ? Flagellum of the antennte black. Thorax wholly luteous, 

 except a black streak, which is broad on the hinder half of the scutum 

 and slender on the scutellum. Petiole very long, black above. Abdo- 

 men elliptical, hardly longer than the petiole, with a broad black stripe 

 which does not extend to the base. Legs wholly luteous, except a 

 black stripe on each of the hind coxae, and another on each of the hind 

 tibife. Wings darker towards the tips and more ample than those of 

 the female. 



St. Paulo. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



Smiera dux. Foam. Lutea, glabra, nitens ; caput et thorax pimctata ; 

 antennae piceae, filifonnes, apice rufescentes ; scutum nigi'o quadristri- 

 gatum ; scutellum bidentatum, nigro fasciatum ; metathorax basi nigro 

 fasciatus; petiolus brevissimus; abdomen lanceolatum, fasciis duabus 

 piceis unaque nigra ; coxae posticae extus nigi-o strigatae ; femora pos- 

 tica dentata ; alae cinereae, anticae apud costam lutescentes. 



Female. Luteous, smooth, shining. Head and thorax punctm-ed. 

 Head with a short black band behind. Antennae pieeous, filiform, 

 reddish at the tips ; scape luteous beneath. Scutum with fom* black 

 streaks which converge to the black sutm'e between it and the scu- 

 tellum, the latter with a black band near the bidentate hind border ; 

 metathorax with a short black band at the base. Abdomen lanceo- 

 late, nan'ower and very much longer than the thorax, with a black band 

 near the base, and with two pieeous bands in the middle ; petiole very 

 short. Hind coxfe with a black streak on the outer side ; hind femora 

 incrassated, armed with several rather large black-tipped teeth ; basal 

 tooth very large and acute. Wings cinereous; veins pieeous. Fore 

 wings with a luteous tinge along the costa ; ulna about half the length 



