undescribed Species of Smiera (Chalcidites). 193 
abdomen fasciis quatuor interruptis nigris; cox postice 
nigro-vittatze ; ale anticee cineree, apud costam subluride. 
Female.—Luteous. Head black behind. Antenne black, 
slender, filiform, reddish at the tips; scape yellow beneath. 
Mesothorax black ; scutum, parapsides, paraptera and scutellum 
bordered with luteous; scutellum armed with two minute teeth. 
Metathorax with a narrow black band at the base. Petiole as 
long as the metathorax. Abdomen lanceolate, narrower but not 
longer than the thorax, with four interrupted black bands. Hind- 
coxe with a black stripe, which is dilated towards the tip ; hind- 
femora armed beneath with six large black teeth. Wings cine- 
reous, with a lurid tinge towards the costa; veins brown; ulna 
more than half the length of the humerus; radius shorter than 
the ulna; cubitus short. 
Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 
19. Smiera adsita. 
Fom.—¥Flava; caput posticé nigrum; antenne nigre, apice 
rufescentes, scapo subtus flavo; mesothoracis segmenta 
nigra, flavo Jaté marginata; metathorax lineola transversa 
nigra; pedes postici coxis femoribusque apice nigris; ale 
cineree. 
Female.—Yellow. Head black behind. Antenne black, slender, 
filiform, reddish at the tips; scape yellow beneath. Scutum and 
parapsides of the mesothorax black, broadly bordered with yellow ; 
paraptera black, except towards the wings ; scutellum armed with 
two very short teeth, adorned with a nearly triangular black spot. 
Metathorax with a short black transverse line on the fore-border. 
Petiole as long as the metathorax. Abdomen lanceolate, narrower 
but not shorter than the thorax. Hind-coxz and hind-femora 
with black tips ; hind-femora with seven teeth, which are mostly 
black, and of moderate size, with the exception of the second, 
which is small. Wings cinereous; veins tawny; ulna half the 
length of the humerus; radius a little longer than the ulna; 
cubitus short. 
Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 
20. Smiera altalica. 
Mas.—Lutea; caput flavum, vittis tribus anticis nigris ; antennz 
3 Ca} , g 
piceze, subtus apiceque lutez, scapo flavo; prothorax flavus; 
scuti discus flavus; parapsides nigro-strigate ; paraptera 
