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more than half the length of the humerus ; radius as long as the 
ulna; cubitus short. 
Length of the body 43 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 
28. Smiera exhauriens. 
Feem.—Flava; caput posticé nigrum; antenne nigre, scapo 
subtus flavo; mesothorax scuti vittis duabus, parapsidum 
strigis duabus, parapteris ex parte, scutellique gutta nigris ; 
abdomen apice nigrum; pedes postici coxis femoribusque 
apice nigris, tibiis basi apiceque nigris; alee subcineree. 
Female.—Yellow. Head behind with a short transverse black 
line. Antenne black, filiform; scape yellow beneath. Scutum 
of the mescthorax with two black stripes which converge hind- 
ward; an elliptical black streak on each of the parapsides ; 
paraptera black by the seutum; scutellum with a black dot near 
its tip, which is very slightly bidentate. Petiole stout, much 
shorter than the metathorax. Abdomen lanceolate, black at the 
tip, longer and much narrower than the thorax. Hind-coxe and 
hind-femora with a black apical spot on the upper side; hind- 
femora armed with one large tooth near the base, and with about 
sixteen very minute black teeth ; hind-tibiz black at the base and 
at the tips. Wings slightly cinereous; veins black ; ulna much 
less than half the length of the humerus; radius longer than the 
ulna; cubitus very short. 
Length of the body 43 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 
29. Smiera adjuncta. 
Mas.—Nigra; caput flavum, sulco antico margineque _postico 
nigris; prothorax flavus, nigro-bistrigatus ; mesothoracis 
segmenta flavo-marginata ; abdomen luteum, nigro-bifas- 
ciatum ; pedes flavi, nigro-varii; ale cinereze. 
Male.—Black. Head yellow, black behind and on the furrow 
for the scape. Antenne filiform. Prothorax yellow, with a 
little transverse black streak on each side. Scutum and parapsides 
of the mesothorax yellow along the outer side; paraptera yellow 
towards the wings; scutellum yellow, with a black disk and with 
two very short teeth. Metathorax yellow, black along the fore~ 
border. Petiole yellow, shorter than the metathorax. Abdomen 
luteous, much shorter and narrower than the thorax, with two 
black bands which are connected in the middle and on each side 
and occupy the 2nd and 3rd segments. Legs yellow ; hind-coxx 
with black tips; hind-femora with three black spots on each side 
