178 Mr. F. Walker on some undescribed Species 



black tips. Wings brownish, cinereous towards the tips ; veins black ; 

 ulna thick, hardly half the length of the humerus ; radius a little longer 

 than the ulna ; cubitus very short. Length of the body 2| lines ; of 

 the wings 5 lines. 



Orizaba, Mexico. Discovered by M. Salle. In the British Museum. 



Smiera discalis. Mas. Fulva, glabra, nitens ; caput et thorax sub- 

 punctata ; caput vertice nigro, facie flavescente ; antennae picese, fili- 

 fornies, scapo fiilvo ; thorax pubescens, nigi'o trimaculatus, scutello 

 ineruii ; abdomen longi-ellipticum, petiolo brevi ; coxfe posticae apice 

 nigrse ; femora postica dentata ; alee cinerefe, anticse apud costam 

 luridfe. 



Male. Tawny, smooth, shining. Head and thorax minutely punc- 

 tured. Head with the vertex mostly black; face pale yellowish. 

 Antennae filiform, piceous; scape tawny. Thorax pubescent, with a 

 large discal black spot, and a small elongated black spot on each side 

 of the scutum ; scuteUum unarmed. Abdomen with darker bands, 

 elongate elliptical, slightly compressed; much narrower, but hardlj'^ 

 shorter than the thorax ; petiole hardly one-fourth of the length of the 

 abdomen. Hind coxse very long, with black tips ; hind femora incras- 

 sated, armed with several large teeth. Wings cinereous ; veins 

 piceous. Fore wings with a lurid tinge along the costa; idna about 

 half the length of the humerus; radius almost as long as the ulna; 

 cubitus rather long for this family. Length of the body 3i lines ; of 

 the wings 6 lines. 



Ega. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



Smieiia divisa. Mas et Fcem. Nigra, glabra, nitens ; caput et thorax 

 scite punctata ; caput antice flavo bimaculatum ; antennae maris fili- 

 formes, fcem. subclavatje ; thorax flavo bifasciatus, scutello inenni, 

 metathorace scabro ; abdomen compressum, breve, gibbosum, petiolo 

 flavo, fcem. longo, maris longissimo ; femora postica dentata ; tibiae 

 posticse flavo unimaculatfe ; alae cinereae, anticae apud costam Imidae. 



Male and Female. Black, smooth, shining. Head and thorax mi- 

 nutely punctured. Head with a yellow spot on each side of the front ; 

 this spot much larger in the male than in the female. Antennae fili- 

 form, and longer than the thorax in the male, subclavate, and a little 

 shorter in the female. Thorax with a yellow cm'ved band in front ; 

 scuteUum imarmed, with a yellow hind border; metathorax roughly 

 scabrous. Abdomen compressed, short, gibbous ; petiole yellow, long, 

 slender, nearly as long as the hind coxae in the male. Hind coxae very 

 long ; hind femora much incrassated, armed beneath with one large and 

 several small teeth ; hind tibiae with a yellow spot. Wings cinereous ; 

 veins black. Fore wings with a lurid tinge along the costae ; ulna more 

 than half the length of the humerus; radius shorter than the ulna; 

 cubitus very short. Male. Tarsi reddish ; anterior tibiae yeUow beneath ; 

 hind femora with two yellow stripes on the outer side. Female. Hind 



