undescribed Species of Smiera (Chalcidites), 197 
streak on each side. Petiole as long as the metathorax. Abdomen 
slightly lanceolate, a little shorter and much narrower than the 
thorax. Hind-coxez with a short piccous streak on the outer 
side ; hind-femora armed with sixteen or more extremely minute 
black teeth. Wings cinereous; veins black; ulnaa little less than 
half the length of the humerus; radius a little longer than the 
ulna; cubitus very short. 
Length of the body 23 lines; of the wings 4 lines. 
26. Smiera expleta. 
Fom.—Flava ; antennz nigra, scapo flavo; scutellum piceo- 
Jineatum ; abdomen apice nigrum; alz subcinerez, venis 
fulvis. 
Female.— Yellow. Antenne black, long, slender, filiform ; scape 
yellow. Scutellum of the mesothorax with a piceous longitudinal 
line which does not extend to the tip, the latter armed with two 
very short teeth. Petiole stout, much shorter than the metathorax. 
Abdomen lanceolate, black at the tip, narrower and a little longer 
than the thorax. Hind-femora armed with one large and about 
twelve very minute teeth, which are mostly black. Wings slightly 
cinereous ; veins tawny; ulna fully balf the length of the humerus ; 
radius as long as the ulna; cubitus very short; stigma black. 
Length of the body 43 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 
27. Smiera descripta. 
Feem.—Lutea; caput flavum, linea postica transversa nigra ; 
antennze nigra, scapo subtus luteo; mesothorax vittis duabus, 
strigis duabus exterioribus, linea transversa, guttaque postica 
nigris; abdomen apice nigrum; pedes postici coxis supra 
femoribusque apice nigris ; alee cineree. 
Fenale.—Luteous. Head yellow, with a black transverse line 
behind. Antenne black, filiform, rather slender ; scape ]uteous 
beneath. Scutum of the mesothorax with two black stripes, 
which are abbreviated hindward ; a black streak on each of the 
parapsides ; a black line on the hind-border of the scutum, ex- 
tending to the paraptera ; a black dot near the hind-border of the 
scutellum, which is armed with two very small teeth. Petiole 
shorter than the metathorax, Abdomen lanceolate, much longer 
and narrower than the thorax; tip black, Hind-coxe black 
above at the tips ; hind-femora with black tips, armed with many 
very minute teeth. Wings cinereous; veins black ; ulna a little 
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