undescribed Species of Smiera (Chalcidites). 189 
black transverse streak on each side. Scutum and parapsides of 
the mesothorax yellow along the outer side; paraptera yellow 
towards the wings; scutellum yellow, with a black disk, armed 
with two very minute teeth. Metathorax and petiole yellow, the 
latter as long as the former. Abdomen lanceolate, much narrower 
and a little longer than the thorax, yellow at the base and with a 
yellow band near the tip; first and second segments with yellow 
hind-borders. Hind-coxz irregularly yellow above towards the 
base; hind-femora irregularly yellow above towards the tips, 
armed with six very large teeth ; anterior femora yellow towards 
their tips, this hue predominating most in the fore-femora; hind- 
tibiz with a yellow streak above towards the base; tarsi and 
anterior tibiz yellow, the former with black tips. Wings cinereous ; 
veins black; ulna a little more than half the length of the humerus ; 
radius a little longer than the ulna; cubitus very short. 
Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 
12. Smiera admizta. 
Mas.—ULutea; caput postice nigrum; antenne nigrze, scapo 
subtus luteo; prothorax nigro-biguttatus; mesothoracis 
segmenta nigra, Juteo-marginata; abdomen nigricante 
vittatum ; pedes postici coxis apice nigris, femoribus nigro- 
bimaculatis, tibiis piceo-vittatis; alee cinereze, apud costam 
subluride. 
Male.—Uuteous. Head black behind. Antenne black, fili- 
form; scape luteous beneath. Prothorax with a black dot on 
each side. Scutum and parapsides of the mesothorax black, with 
the exception of the borders; paraptera black towards the 
scutum; scutellum armed with two very short teeth, adorned 
with a nearly triangular black spot. Petiole as long as the meta- 
thorax. Abdomen fusiform, with a short irregular blackish 
stripe, shorter and much narrower than the thorax. Hind-coxe 
black above towards their tips; hind-femora black beneath at 
their base and at their tips, armed beneath with: six large black 
teeth ; hind-tibize with a piceous stripe, which is widely inter- 
rupted towards the base. Wings cinereous, with a lurid tinge 
towards the costa; veins black; ulna fully half the length of the 
humerus; radius as long as the ulna; cubitus very short. 
Length of the body 43 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 
13. Smiera defuncta. 
Feem.—Fiava ; antenne mgr, subtus rufee, scapo flavo; pro- 
thorax linea transversa rufescente-nigro-notata; mesothorax 
