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hardly half the length of the humerus; radius a little longer than 
the ulna; cubitus very short. 
Length of the body 33 lines; of the wings 6 lines. 
6. Smiera crocata. 
Foem.—Lutea, subtus flava; caput postice nigrum; antenne 
piceee, subtus fulvae, scapo subtus flavo; thorax scuti mar- 
gine antico lineaque, parapsidum maculis duabus elongatis, 
parapteris ex parte, scutellique macula tetragona nigris; ab- 
domen maculis duabus Jateralibus nigris ; pedes postici coxis 
apice nigris, femoribus nigro-bimaculatis ; alee cinerez. 
Female.—Luteous, yellow beneath. Head black behind. An- 
tennz piceous, filiform, tawny beneath; scape yellow beneath. 
Scutum of the mesothorax with a black line, which is connected 
with a short transverse line on the fore-border, and is abbreviated 
hindward ; an elliptical black spot on each of the parapsides ; 
paraptera black towards each other; scutellum armed with two 
rather large teeth, adorned with a tetragonal black spot, which is 
attenuated towards the scutum. Petiole much longer than the 
metathorax. Abdomen elongate-oval, hardly twice the length of 
the petiole, with a black spot on each side near the tip. Hind- 
coxe with black tips; hind-femora armed with four very large 
teeth, which are mostly black, adorned beneath with two black 
spots, one before the middle, the other apical. Wings cinereous ; 
veins black ; ulna hardly half the length of the humerus; radius 
as long as the ulna; cubitus very short. 
Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 5 lines. 
\ ery. %. Smiera appressa. 
Feem.—Flava; caput sulco margineque postico nigris; an- 
tennz nigra, scapo flavo apice nigro; prothorax. strigis 
duabus transversis nigris ; mesothoracis segmenta nigra, flavo 
Jaté marginata; metathorax anticé nigro-marginatus ; abdo- 
men nigro-quadrifasciatum ; pedes postici femoribus tibiis- 
que basi apiceque nigris; femora intermedia piceo-strigata ; 
ale cineree. 
Female.—Yellow. Head black behind and on the furrow for 
the scape. Antenne black, filiform; scape yellow, black towards 
the tip above. Prothorax with a minute transverse black streak 
on each side. Scutum and parapsides of the mesothorax black, 
broadly bordered with yellow; paraptera black towards the 
scutum and along the hind-border; scutellum armed with two 
very short teeth, adorned with a nearly hexagonal black spot. 
