undescribed Species of Smiera (Chalcidites). 187 
Metathorax with a black line along its fore-border. Disk of the 
pectus black. Petiole stout, much shorter than the metathorax. 
Abdomen lanceolate, slightly compressed towards its tip, much 
longer and narrower than the thorax; middle part adorned with 
four slender black bands. Hind-femora black at the tips and 
towards the base, whence the black hue extends along half the 
length of the upper border and along the whole of the lower 
border, which is armed with five large black teeth ; middle femora 
with a short piceous streak on the outer side; hind-tibiz black 
towards the base and towards the tips. Wings cinereous; veins 
black ; ulna about half the length of the humerus; radius as long 
as the ulna; cubitus very short; spurious veins very distinct. 
Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 
SUN 6 Guy 8, Smiera aperta. 
Feem.—-Flava; caput nigro-bipunctatum; antennz picee, subtus 
rufescentes, scapo subtus flavo; thorax scuti punctis duobus 
lineaque transversa postica et parapsidum guttis duabus 
elongatis nigris; abdomen maculis octo lateralibus piceis ; 
pedes postici coxis tibiisque apice nigris, femoribus nigro- 
uniguttatis ; alae cinerea. 
Female.—Yellow. Head with two black points behind. An- 
tenne piceous, filiform, reddish beneath; scape yellow beneath. 
Scutum of the mesothorax with a black point on each side of the 
fore-border, and with a short transverse black line on the hind- 
border; an elongated black dot on each of the parapsides; scu- 
tellum with two stout teeth. Petiole as long as the metathorax. 
Abdomen fusiform, with four piceous spots on each side, much 
shorter and narrower than the thorax. Hind-coxze with black 
tips ; hind-femora with a black dot on the outer side at the base, 
armed beneath with seven black teeth, of which five are very 
large; hind-tibiz black on the outer side at the tips. Wings 
cinereous; veins black ; ulna fuliy half the length of the humerus; 
radius nearly as long as the ulna; cubitus short. 
Length of the body 4§ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
9, Smiera cerina. 
WMas.—F lava; antenne nigra subtus rufescentes, scapo subtus 
flavo; thorax scuti punctis duobus, parapsidum strigis duabus, 
scutellique striga nigris ; abdominis segmenta piceo-fasciata ; 
pedes postici coxis tibiisque apice nigris; alze cineree. 
Male.—Yellow. Antenne black, filiform, reddish beneath ; 
scape yellow beneath. Scutum of the mesothorax with a black 
