undescribed Species of Smiera (Chalcidites). 185 
bipunctata ; mesothorax vittis tribus, guttis duabus vittaque 
scutelli postice dilatata nigris; pectus nigro-bistrigatum ; 
abdomen supra nigrum; pedes postici coxis apice nigris, 
femoribus nigro-triguttatis ; alae cinerea. 
Male.—Luteous. Head black behind. Antenne black, filiform, 
reddish beneath; scape luteous beneath. Hind-border of the 
prothorax with a narrow black band, which is slightly arched in 
front, and contains two luteous points. Mesothorax with three 
broad black stripes, one on the scutum and one on each of the 
parapsides ; paraptera black towards each other ; scutellum armed 
with two small teeth, adorned with a black stripe, which is dilated 
and abbreviated hindward. Pectus with a black transverse streak 
on each side. Petiole a little longer than the metathorax. Abdo- 
men elongate-oval, mostly black above, much shorter and narrower 
than the thorax. Hind-coxe with black tips; hind-femora armed 
with three large teeth, adorned with three black dots, of which 
one is above, the second below, and the third apical. Wings 
cinereous; veins black; ulna more than half the length of the 
humerus ; radius as long as the ulna; cubitus short. 
Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 5 lines. 
5. Smiera destinata. 
Fcem.—Lutea ; caput flavum, sulco antico margineque postico 
nigris ; antennz nigra, subtus rufescentes, scapo flavo; tho- 
rax scuti margine antico lineaque, parapsidum vittis duabus, 
parapteris ex parte, scutellique macula nigris; pedes postici 
coxis tibiisque apice nigris, femoribus nigro-bimaculatis et 
unistrigatis ; ale cinerea. 
Female.—Luteous. Head yellow, black behind and on the 
furrow for the reception of the scape. Antenne black, filiform, 
reddish beneath and towards the base ; scape yellow. Scutum of 
the mesothorax with a black line, which is connected with a short 
transverse black line on the fore-border; a black stripe on each 
of the parapsides; paraptera yellow, black towards each other ; 
scutellum armed with two small teeth, adorned at its tip with a 
black spot, which emits a line to the fore-border. Petiole a little 
longer than the metathorax. Abdomen oval, about twice the 
length of the petiole, very much shorter and narrower than the 
thorax. Hlind-coxz with black tips; hind-femora armed with 
four very large teeth, which are mostly black, adorned on each 
side with two black spots (one apical, the other contiguous to the 
first tooth), and on the outer side above with a small black streak; 
hind-tibize with black tips. Wings cinereous; veins black; ulna 
