Hymenoptera from Central America. 263 



than the petiole, irreguharly reticuhited. The abdomen is 

 nearly as long as the head and thorax united; the apical 

 segment entirely, the base, sides, and apex of the second 

 segment, and the apices of the other segments black. Tlie 

 legs are of a paler, more lemon-tinted yellow than the thorax; 

 there is a black line, dilated at the apex, down the centre of 

 the coxge ; the hind trochanters, a small mark near the centre 

 of the hind coxje above, a large irregular mark at the base, a 

 smaller one at its apex, both being united by a curved line 

 along the lower side, a short line on the top of the middle 

 femora, and a mark at the base of the hind tibiae black ; a 

 large irregular mark on the inner side of the hind coxa? at 

 the foot, and a smaller, narrower, more elongate one above it 

 black. There are sixteen femoral teeth of moderate size, 

 blunt, and becoming smaller towards the apex. In the wing 

 at the cubitus there is a small fuscous cloud. 



Smicra divinatrix, sp. n. 



Coccinea, flagello antennarum nigro ; alls fere hyalinis. 

 Long. 7 millim. 5 • 



Nab. Plonduras, Ruatan Island [Gaumer). 



Head and thorax covered with black pubescence, the 

 pleurae with the pubescence shorter and paler. Flagellum of 

 the antennffi deep black, covered with short, close, blackish 

 pubescence. Head uniformly coloured, except that the lower 

 part of the cheeks is paler, the tips of the mandibles black, 

 the vertex closely punctured ; the front transversely striated. 

 Prothorax sharply margined in front, the pronotum (especially 

 at the sides) longitudinally striated. Mesonotum transversely 

 striolated, the lateral lobes only on tiie inner side ; the outer 

 side with scattered punctures. Scutellum strongly and 

 closely punctured, except behind. The median segment 

 strongly reticulated. The propleuras impunctate, shining ; 

 the mesopleurffi striolated in front, the top and bottom punc- 

 tured. The petiole short and thick, hardly half the length of 

 the hind coxai. Abdomen shining, the sides sparsely haired, 

 the ovipositor deep black. The legs coloured like the body, 

 shining, sparsely covered with pale hair ; the tips of the tarsi 

 blackish ; the hind femora with nineteen short black teeth. 

 Wings with a smoky tint ; the nervures fuscous ; a small 

 fuscous tint below the stigmal brancli. 



