undescribed Species of Smiera (Chalcidites). 208 
flavo, fasciis duabus vittaque nigris; petiolus brevissimus ; 
pedes flavi, femoribus posticis nigris flavo-fasciatis, tibiis pos- 
ticis nigris ; alee cinerez, striga costali apicibusque fuscis. 
Female.—Black. Head yellow about the eyes and in front. 
Antenne filiform, red at the tips and beneath; scape yellow 
beneath. Hind border of the prothorax with a yellow band, 
which on each side is dilated and forked, and contains a black 
dot. Scutum and parapsides of the mesothorax bordered with 
yellow on the outer side; a large black spot on each of the yellow 
paraptera; scutellum yellow, armed with two short teeth, adorned 
with two black bands, which are connected by a black stripe; first 
band semicircular, much broader than the second. Petiole very 
short. Abdomen lanceolate, much narrower but very little longer 
than the thorax. Hind-femora adorned with a curved transverse 
yellow line on each side near the tips, armed with about twelve 
very minute teeth; hind-tarsi and anterior legs yellow. Wings 
cinereous, brown along the ulna and towards the tips; veins black, 
ulna less than half the length of the humerus; radius much longer 
than the ulna; cubitus moderately long. 
Length of the body 33 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 
38. Smiera depicta. 
Feem.—Flava; caput posticé nigrum; antenne nigre, apice 
rufescentes, scapo subtus luteo; mesothoracis segmenta 
nigra, flavo laté marginata; abdomen luteum; _pedes 
postici coxis femoribusque apice nigris; alee cinerea. 
Female.—Luteous. Head and thorax yellow. Head black 
behind. Antenne black, slender, filiform, dark reddish at the 
tips; scape luteous beneath; scutum and parapsides of the 
mesothorax black, broadly bordered with yellow; paraptera 
black towards the scutum; scutellum armed with two very short 
teeth, adorned with a large black spot, which is acutely angular 
towards the scutum. Petiole stout, much shorter than the meta- 
thorax. Abdomen lanceolate, narrower and a little longer than 
the thorax ; sheaths of the oviduct with black tips. Hind-coxz 
and hind-femora with black tips; hind-femora armed with one 
large and with about twelve very minute teeth, which are mostly 
black. Wings cinereous; veins piceous; ulna about half the 
length of the humerus; radius longer than the ulna; cubitus 
short. 
Length of the body 4} lines; of the wings § lines. 
