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very indistinct ; axilla parted by nearly one-fourth of the breadth of 
the chest; scutcheon dark blue, truncate-conical, with a very indi- 
stinct transverse suture across the disc: hind-chest well developed, 
obconical, declining, somewhat excavated at the base, and having a 
ridge along the middle and a rim on each side: petiole very short: 
abdomen nearly oval, smooth, shining, purplish bronze, bright green 
at the base, flat above, keeled beneath, slightly tapering at the tip, 
narrower and much shorter than the chest; metapodeon conical, 
convex till near its tip, occupying nearly one-fourth of the length of 
the back ; octoon not half the length of the metapodeon ; each of the 
four following segments as long as the octoon ; telum narrow, some- 
what longer ; the abdomen forms a very obtuse angle in the middle 
of the underside: legs tawny ; four hinder legs with bright pale yel- 
low shanks and feet, tips of the latter piceous: wings colourless, 
pubescent; veins tawny; ulna full half the length of the humerus ; 
radius longer than the ulna ; cubitus rather more than half the length 
of the ulna, slightly curved; brands very small. Length of the 
body 13 line; of the wings 33 lines. 
Prussia. In the British Museum. 
Smiera Ampyx, fem. Ferruginea, pedibus flavis, alis limpidis. 
Tawny: feelers linear, rather longer than the chest: mouth yellow: 
petiole as long as the abdomen, which is elliptical, smooth, shining, 
slightly compressed, much shorter and narrower than the chest: 
fore-legs and middle-legs yellow: hind-coxe large, armed above 
toward their tips with a few small teeth; hind-thighs dilated, beset 
with a row of small teeth along the underside, and armed with a larger 
tooth at the base: shanks curved, fitted to the thighs, each ending 
in a spine: wings colourless ; veins piceous ; a small brown spot on 
the stigma. Length of the body 1} line; of the wings 2 lines. 
West Indies. In Mr. Clear’s collection. 
Smiera Fidius, fem. Rufa, nigro flavoque varia, antennis nigris, 
alis limpidis. 
Red : head finely punctured ; front and underside yellow : eyes and 
eyelets pale red: jaws curved, each armed with three short brown 
teeth: feelers linear, black, somewhat piceous beneath, as long as 
the chest ; first joint long, slender, yellow, black at the tip: thorax 
roughly punctured ; sides marked with yellow: breast mostly black : 
a black line passes along the back of the scutum of the mesothorax : 
metathorax black : petiole short : abdomen obconical, downy, shining, 
very finely punctured, black towards the tip, narrower and a little 
longer than the chest : fore-legs and middle-legs bright yellow ; hind- 
cox yellow, tinged with red above, and each having a black spot 
on the outside; hind-thighs red, each armed beneath with a row of 
small teeth along the lower edge, and having a larger tooth at the 
base: hind-shanks curved and applied to the thighs, yellow towards 
the base which is black, having a black band across the middle, 
reddish at the tips which are produced into spines: hind-feet yellow, 
' their tips piceous : wings colourless ; veins piceous; ulna above half 
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