190 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of 
vittis tribus, parapteris apud angulos interiores, scutellique 
vitta trigona nigris; petiolus vitta nigra furcata; abdominis 
segmenta rufescente fasciata; tibize postice nigro-lineate ; 
alee cinerez. 
Female.—Yellow. Antenne black, filiform, red beneath ; 
scape yellow. Prothorax with a reddish-black-marked trans- 
verse line. Mesothorax with a black stripe on the scutum, and 
one on each of the parapsides; paraptera black towards the 
scutum ; scutellum with a black triangular stripe resting on the 
hind border. Petiole linear, slender, much longer than the meta- 
thorax, with a black stripe, which is forked hindward. Abdomen 
fusiform, with a broad reddish band on each segment, narrower 
and a little longer than the thorax. Hind-femora armed with six 
large black-tipped teeth; hind-tibize with a black line on the 
outer side beneath. Wings cinereous; veins tawny; ulna hardly 
half the length of the humerus; radius as long as the ulna; 
cubitus very short. 
Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 9 lines. Aes 
14 4 CU, h 
14. Smiera adaptata. 
Fom.—Lete flava; caput posticé nigrum; antenne picee, 
subtus rufescentes, scapo subtus flavo; mesothorax scuti 
linea furcata, parapsidum guttis duabus, parapteris ex parte, 
scutellique vitta lanceolata nigris; pectus strigis quatuor 
lateralibus nigris; abdomen strigis utrinque quatuor trans-. 
versis nigris; pedes postici coxis apice nigris, femoribus 
maculis duabus nigris strigaque picea; ale cinerez, 
Female.—Bright yellow. Head black behind. Antennz 
piceous, filiform, rather short and stout, reddish beneath ; scape 
yellow beneath. Scutum of the mesothorax with a black longi- 
tudinal line, which is forked in front; parapsides with an 
elongated black dot; -paraptera and epimera partly black; 
scutellum armed with two very minute teeth, adorned with a 
lanceolate black stripe, which is attenuated in front. Pectus with 
two black transverse streaks on each side. Petiole not longer 
than the metathorax. Abdomen fusiform, much shorter and very 
much narrower than the thorax, with four transverse black 
streaks on each side. Hind-coxee black towards the tips; hind- 
femora armed with seven large black-tipped teeth, adorned near 
the lower edge with two black spots, and on the outer side above 
with a fusiform piceous streak, Wings cinereous; veins black ; 
