undescribed Species of Smiera (Chalcidites). 195 
reous; veins black; ulna about half the length of the humerus; 
radius a little Jonger than the ulna; cubitus short. 
Length of the body 44 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 
This species much resembles $. commoda, but may be distin- 
guished by the different shape of the abdomen and by the mark- 
ings on the hind-femora. 
\ \ bach UA eA \ 22, Smiera commoda. 
Foem.—Flava; caput posticé nigrum; antenne nigree, scapo 
flavo; mesothoracis segmenta nigra, flavo-marginata; ab- 
domen nigrum, basi flavum; pedes postici coxis femoribus- 
que apice nigris; alze cinerea. 
Female.—Yellow. Head with a black band behind. Antenne 
black, slightly increasing in thickness to the tips; scape yellow. 
Scutum and parapsides of the mesothorax black, bordered with 
yellow; paraptera black on the inner side; scutellum with a large 
black spot, armed with two short teeth. Petiole a little longer 
than the metathorax. Abdomen black, lanceolate, yellow towards 
the base, shorter and much narrower than the thorax. Hind- 
coxe and hind-femora with black tips, the latter armed with five 
large teeth which are mostly black. Wings cinereous; veins 
blackish; ulna about half the length of the humerus; radius a 
little shorter than the ulna; cubitus short. 
Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 6 lines. 
23. Smiera alienata. 
Feem.—Nigra; caput anticé flavum, oculis flavo-cinctis; an- 
tennee apice truncatee, scapo flavo; thorax prothoracis mar- 
gine postico, parapsidum strigis duabus, parapteris ex parte, 
scutellique margine flavis; petiolus flavus; abdomen supra 
flavum, nigro-quadrifasciatum ; pedes flavo-vittati; alae ob- 
scuré cinerez. 
Female.—Black. Head yellow about the eyes and in front. 
Antenne subclavate, obliquely truncate at the tips; scape yellow. 
Hind-border of the prothorax yellow. An oblique yellow streak 
on each of the parapsides, and a yellow triangular dot on each of 
the paraptera; scutellum bordered with yellow except on each 
side in front, armed with two small-yellow teeth, Metathorax 
rugose. Petiole yellow, nearly as long as the metathorax, Ab- 
domen lanceolate, a little shorter and much narrower than the 
thorax, yellow above, with the exception of four black bands, of 
which the first is widely interrupted. Hind-coxe with two yellow 
