202 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of 
fasciis quinque apiceque nigris; pedes nigro-varii; ale 
cineree. 
Female.— Bright yellow. Antennz black, filiform, not longer 
than the thorax; scape yellow beneath. Mesothorax with a 
black triangular mark on the scutum, and with a black streak on 
each of the parapsides; paraptera bordered with black ; scutellum 
with an interrupted black stripe. Metathorax with an angular 
black band. Mesopectus and metapectus black. Petiole not 
longer than the metathorax. Abdomen lanceolate, pubescent 
towards the tip, longer and narrower than the thorax, with five 
black bands, which are eneous on each side, tip black. Legs 
pubescent; hind-coxz with a black spot on the outer side and 
with black tips; hind-trochanters black; hind-femora with many 
minute teeth, and with one large tooth near the base, black at the 
base and at the tip, with a black transverse spot on the middle of 
the outer side; hind-tibize black at the base. Wings cinereous ; 
veins black; ulna about half the length of the humerus; radius as 
long as the ulna; cubitus very short. 
Length of the body 33 lines; of the wings 6 lines. 
36. Smiera detracta. 
Mas.—Flava; antenne nigre, subtus rufescentes, scapo subtus 
flavo ; abdomen luteum, fasciis quinque obscurioribus ; pedes 
postici lutei; alae limpide. 
Male.—Yellow. Abdomen and hind-legs luteous. Antenne 
black, filiform, reddish beneath; scape yellow beneath. Scutellum 
of the mesothorax armed with two extremely small teeth. Petiole 
nearly as long as the metathorax. Abdomen slightly lanceolate, 
much shorter and narrower than the thorax, adorned with five 
darker bands on the fore-borders of the segments. Hind-femora 
armed with one large and twelve very minute teeth, which are 
mostly black. Wings limpid; veins piceous; ulna about half the 
length of the humerus; radius a little longer than the ulna; 
eubitus very short. 
Length of the body 22 lines; of the wings 43 lines. 
37. Smiera annulifera. 
Fem.—Nigra; caput anticé flavum; antennze apice subtusque 
rufze, scapo subtus flavo; prothorax fascia flava nigro- 
~ biguttata; mesothorax segmentis flavo-marginatis, scutello 
