undescribed Species of Smiera (Chalcidites). 191 
ulna less than half the length of the humerus; radius as long as 
the ulna; cubitus very short. 
Length of the body 33 lines; of the wings 6 lines. 
15. Smiera correcta. 
Feem.— Flava; antenn nigrz, scapo subtus flavo; linea abbre- 
viata maculeque duz transversze scuti, maculae quatuor 
laterales posteriores trigonee, maculaque scutelli quadrata 
nigra ; abdomen apice nigrum; coxe postice apice tibiaeque 
posticee basi nigree; femora postica nigro-bimaculata; ale 
cinerea. 
Female.—Yellow, rather slender. Antenne black, filiform; 
scape yellow beneath. Scutum of the mesothorax with a black 
line, which is abbreviated towards the fore-border, where there is 
a transverse black dot; a black triangular spot on each of the 
parapsides, and another on each of the paraptera; scuteliam with 
a black tetragonal spot near the hind-border, which is armed with 
two minute teeth. Petiole not longer than the metathorax. Ab- | 
domen lanceolate, narrower but hardly longer than the thorax ; 
tip black. Hind-coxze with black tips; hind-femora with two 
black spots by the lower side, armed with eight rather large 
black teeth; hind-tibia black at the base. Wings cinereous; 
veins piceous; ulna about half the length of the humerus; radius 
a little shorter than the ulna; cubitus short. 
Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 
16. Smiera exinaniens. 
Feem.—Nigra; oculi flavo-cincti; antennze scapo subtus flavo ; 
prothorax flavo-fasciatus ; mesothoracis segmenta flavo-mar- 
ginata; metathorax flavus, nigro-fasciatus; petiolus flavus, 
nigro-bivittatus ; abdomen basi fasciisque quatuor flavis ; 
pedes flavo-varii; ala cinerez, 
Female.—Black. Head yellow about the eyes. Antenne 
filiform ; scape yellow beneath. Prothorax with a yellow band. 
Secutum and parapsides of the mesothorax yellow along the outer 
side ; paraptera yellow towards the wings ; scutellum yellow, with 
a black disk and with two minute teeth. Metathorax yellow, 
with a black band on the fore-border. Petiole yellow, with a 
black stripe on each side, much shorter than the metathorax. 
Abdomen lanceolate, much narrower but not longer than the 
thorax; yellow towards the base, and with four yellow bands, of 
which the three first are interrupted and the fourth is abbreviated. 
