264 ]\Ir. P. Cameron on new Species of 



Smicra fasciola, sp. n. 



Cocciuca; flagello aut-ennarurn lineisquo mesouoti nigris ; alls 



hyalinis ; femoribus posticis multideatatis. 

 Long. 4-5 millim. $ . 



Hab. Mexico, Northern Sonera {^[o)')'ison). 



Antennal flagelluin deep black, covered with a close pale 

 pnbescence ; the scape pale ferruginous, lined with black 

 above. Head closely covered with blackish pubescence ; the 

 lower part of the occiput and a broad line on the lower part 

 of the front black ; face shining, the .iides obscurely punc- 

 tured ; the front obliquely striated from the ocelli to the 

 eyes ; the vertex punctured, but not strongly ; the teeth of 

 the mandibles black. Pronotum coarsely, rugosely punc- 

 tured ; mesonotum not quite so coarsely punctured, the 

 middle lobe strongly transversely striolated, covered with 

 short black hair; the scutellum still more strongly punctured, 

 its apex roundedly margined, covered with much longer liair 

 than the mesonotum ; a transverse line bordering the base of 

 the mesonotum. The edges of the middle lobe of the meso- 

 notum, a broader stripe down its centre, a small mark on 

 the centre of the lateral lobe and a line down tiie centre of 

 the scutellum, the base and sides of tlie median segment, a 

 bread line down its centre, a line on the mesopleura, be- 

 coming gradually wider towards the bottom, a mark at the 

 base of the meta])leura', a line down the hinder coxae, and the 

 coxal teeth deep black. The petiole short, not much longer 

 than broad, black above ; the dorsum of the abdomen more or 

 less black ; the apex of the ovipositor black. Wings almost 

 hyaline ; the nervures fuscous. 



Allied to S. Jlammeola, Cresson. 



Smicra armillata^ sp. n. 



Kigra, punctata, pedibus abdomineque rufo-maculatis ; alis hyalinis. 

 Long, fere 5 millim. J • 



llah. Mexico, Orizaba {F. D. H adman and II. IT. Smith). 



Antenna? a little longer than the head and thorax united ; 

 stout, covered with a pale microscoi)ic down ; the scape 

 keeled broadly beneath, especially towards the apex. Head 

 coarsely punctured, not very deejdy or broadly excavated in 

 the front, covered with short white hair. Mcsothorax coarsely 

 punctured, without longitudinal furrows; the ])ronotum as 

 closely but not so strongly putictured. The scutelhim is as 

 strongly punctured as the mesonotum, rounded and stoutly 



