of the Family Chalcidac. 179 



femora with one yellow stripe on the outer side. Length of the body 

 S-J^l lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Orizaba, Mexico. Discovered by M, Sall6. In the British Museum. 



Smikha mesomelas. Fcem. Fulva, glabra, nitens ; caput et thorax sub- 

 punctata; antennjB piceK, hliformes, longiuscidse, sat graciles, apice 

 nigrse, scapo fulvo ; thorax pubescens, scuteUo inermi, metathorace 

 scabro ; abdomen nigrum, lanceolatum, apice fiilvum, petiolo brevius- 

 culo ; femora posteriora basi nigra, postica subdentata ; tibise posticfe 

 apice nigrfe ; tarsi postici basi nigi-i ; alse cinereaa, anticae apud costani 

 fulvesceutes. 



Fetnale. Tawny, smooth, shining. Head and thorax very minutely 

 punctured. Antenufe piceous, filiform, rather long and slender, black 

 towards the tips; scape tawny. Thorax pubescent; scuteUum im- 

 axmed; metathorax roug-hly scabrous. Petiole black, less than half 

 the length of the hind coxae. Abdomen black, lanceolate, slightly 

 compressed, longer and narrower than tlie thorax, tawny towards the 

 tip. Posterior femora black towards the base ; hind femora much in- 

 crassated, with many very minute teeth, and with one large tooth near 

 the base ; hind tibiae with black tips ; hind tarsi black tow ards the base. 

 Wings cinereous ; veins piceous. Fore wings with a tawny tinge along 

 the costa ; ulna about half the length of the humerus ; radius longer 

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

 wings 8 lines. 



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



Smieea erythrina. Fccm, Rufa, glabra, nitens ; caput et thorax sub- 

 pimctata ; caput antice flavescens ; antennae nigi-ae, filiformes, brevius- 

 cvlaS) scapo rufo; thorax linea transversa vittaque tenui pectorisque 

 disco nig-ris, scuteUo inermi ; abdomen brevi-fusiforme, parvum, petiolo 

 breviusculo, segmentis piceo fasciatis ; coxae posticfe nigro vittatfe ; 

 femora postica subdentata, intus nigro vittata ; alje cinereae. 



Female. Red, smooth, shining. Head and thorax minutely punc- 

 tured. Head yellowish in front, with a black mark behind. Antennae 

 black, filifoi-m, rather short ; scape red. Prothorax short, with a black 

 sutm-al line between it and the mesothorax ; scutum of the latter with 

 a black longitudinal line ; scuteUum imarmed ; pectus mostly black. 

 Petiole less than half the length of the hind coxae. Abdomen short, 

 fusiform, acuminated, slightly compressed, shorter, and much nar- 

 nower than the thorax; segments with piceous bands on the fore- 

 borders. Hind coxae with a black stripe on each side; hind femora 

 much tncrassated, with a black streak and a lower black stripe on the 

 inner side, amied beneath with many minute teeth. Wings cinereous ; 

 veins black ; uhia about lialf the length of the humerus ; radius a little 

 longer than the uhia; cubitus short, clouded with black. Length of 

 the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

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



