192 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of 
Hind-coxze irregularly yellow towards the base; hind-femora 
irregularly yellow towards the base and towards the tips, armed 
with about twelve teeth, of which nine are large; anterior femora 
yellow towards their tips; hind-tibize yellow above towards their 
tips; tarsi and anterior tibiee yellow, the former with black tips. 
Wings cinereous, veins black; ulna about half the length of the 
humerus; radius as long as the ulna; cubitus short; spurious 
veins very distinct. 
Length of the body 44 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 
17. Smiera scissa. 
Mas.—Nigra; caput anticé flavum; antenne apice rufescentes, 
scapo subtus flavo; prothorax fascia flava nigro-bistrigata ; 
mesothorax segmentis flavo-marginatis, scutello fascia flava 
nigro-uniguttata; metathorax posticé luteus; petiolus flavus ; 
abdomen basi flavum ; pedes flavi, coxis femoribusque pos- 
ticis nigris basi flavis, femoribus posticis fascia arcuata flava, 
tibiis posticis basi nigris; ale cinereze. 
Male.—Black. Head yellow about the eyes and in front. . 
Antenne filiform, reddish at the tips; scape yellow beneath. 
Hind-border of the prothorax with a yellow band, which on each 
side is much dilated, and contains a black streak. Scutum and 
parapsides of the mesothorax bordered with yellow on the outer 
side; scutellum with a deeply angular yellow band, which con- 
tains a small black dot on the hind-border, the latter armed with 
two short teeth. Metathorax luteous towards the petiole. Petiole 
yellow, longer than the metathorax. Abdomen elongate, oval, 
yellow towards the base, very much shorter and narrower than 
the thorax. Hind-coxe and hind-femora yellow towards the 
base; hind-femora with a yellow arched subapical band, armed 
with two small and five very large teeth; hind-tibize yellow for 
fully half the length from the tips; anterior legs and hind-tarsi 
yellow. Wings cinereous; veins black; ulna less than half the 
length of the humerus; radius as long as the ulna; cubitus mode- 
rately long, clouded with brown. 
Length of the body 33 lines; of the wings 6 lines. 
18. Smiera emula. 
Feem.—ULutea; caput posticé nigrum; antenne nigree, apice 
rufescentes, scapo subtus flavo; mesothorax niger, segmentis 
luteo-marginatis; metathorax anticé fascia angusta nigra; 
