Mr. F. Walker on some new species of Chalcidites. 139 



very indistinct ; axillae 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 1 J line ; of the wings 3^ lines. 

 Prussia. In the British Museum. 



Smiera Ampyx, fern. Ferruginea, pedibus Jlavis, 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-coxae 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 l:|^ line ; of the wings 2 lines. 



West Indies. In Mr. Clear's collection. 



Smiera Fidius, fern. Rt{fa, nigra flavoque varia, antennis nigris, 

 alis limpidis. 



Red : head finely punctured ; front and underside yellow : eyes and 

 eyelets pale red : jaws curve i, 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 mostl)'^ 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- 

 coxae 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 ti])s which are produced into spines : hind-feet yellow, 

 their tips piceous : wings colourless ; veins piceous ; ulna above half 



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