196 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of 
stripes, one above much longer and broader than the other, which 
is on the outer side; hind-femora with a widely-interrupted longi- 
tudinal yellow line on the outer side, and with an oblique yellow 
band on the inner side, armed with six large teeth; anterior tibize 
striped with yellow; anterior tarsi yellow, with black tips. Wings 
dark cinereous ; veins black; ulna less than half the length of the 
humerus; radius longer than the ulna; cubitus moderately long ; 
spurious veins very distinct. 
Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 
24, Smiera dimota. 
Mas.—Flava; antenne nigra, subtus fulve, scapo subtus 
flavo; mesothorax scuti margine antico lineaque, parap- 
sidum strigis duabus, parapteris ex parte, scutellique gutta 
nigris; pedes postici coxis nigro-unimaculatis, femoribus 
apice nigris; alee cinereze. 
Male.—Yellow. Antenne black, filiform, pale tawny beneath; 
scape yellow beneath. Scutum of the mesothorax with a black 
longitudinal line, which joins a transverse black line on the fore- 
border; abroad black streak on each of the parapsides; paraptera 
black on the angle towards the scutum; a small black dot near 
the tip of the scutellum, which is armed with two very short teeth. 
Petiole as long as the metathorax. Abdomen slightly lanceolate, 
much shorter and narrower than the thorax. Hind-coxe with a 
large black spot on the outer side; hind-femora with black tips, 
armed with one large and with about twelve very minute teeth, 
which are mostly black. Wings cinereous; veins black; ulna 
about half the length of the humerus; radius fully as long as the 
ulna; cubitus very short. 
Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 5 lines. 
25. Smiera disposita. 
Mas.—ULutea; antenne picee, subtus rufescentes, scapo subtus 
Juteo; mesothorax scuti linea, parapsidum punctis duobus, 
parapterisque ex parte nigris; coxa  postice piceo-strigate ; 
alee cineree. 
Male,—Luteous, yellow beneath. Antenne piceous, filiform, 
reddish beneath; scape luteous beneath. Scutum of the meso- 
thorax with a black longitudinal line, which is continued on the 
fore part of the scutellum ; a black point on each of the parap- 
sides; paraptera black along the hind-border; scutellum armed 
with two extremely minute teeth. Pectus with a transverse black 
