of the Family Chalcidae. 173 



Mas ? Antennae nigra) ; thorax luteus, striga lanceolata nigra ; pe- 

 tiolus longissimus, supra niger; abdomen ellipticum, nigro vittatum; 

 pedes lutei, coxis tibiisque posticis nigro vittatis ; alae amplae. 



Female. Luteous, smooth, shining. Head and thorax very minutely 

 punctured. Head pale yellow, vertex and grooves for the antennae 

 black. Antennae ferruginous, slender, filiform ; scape pale yellowish 

 beneath towards the base. Prothorax yellow. Mesothorax with the 

 disk of the scutum piceous ; scutellum unarmed. Abdomen fusiform, 

 acuminated, slightly compressed, with ferruginous bands, much longer 

 and narrower than the thorax ; petiole short. Anterior femora and 

 tibia? with black stripes ; hind coxa? very long, with a piceous stripe 

 ou the outer side and with a black stripe beneath ; hind femora much 

 incrassated, minutely dentate, with a broad black basal streak. Wings 

 limpid, cinereous towards the tips ; veins luteous, black towards the 

 tips; ulna a little less tban half the length of the humerus, shorter 

 than the radius ; cubitus short. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



Villa Nova. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



Male ? Flagellum of the antennas black. Thorax wholly luteous, 

 except a black streak, which is broad on the hinder half of the scutum 

 and slender on the scutellum. Petiole very long, black above. Abdo- 

 men elliptical, hardly longer than the petiole, with a broad black stripe 

 which does not extend to the base. Legs wholly luteous, except a 

 black stripe on each of the hind coxae, and another on each of the hind 

 tibiae. Wings darker towards the tips and more ample than those of 

 the female. 



St. Paulo. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



Smiera dux. Foam. Lutea, glabra, nitens ; caput et thorax punctata ; 

 antennae piceae, filiformes, apice rufescentes ; scutum nigro quadristri- 

 gatum ; scutellum bidentatum, nigro fasciatum ; metathorax basi nigro 

 fasciatus; petiolus brevissimus; abdomen lanceolatum, fasciis duabus 

 piceis unaque nigra ; coxae posticae extus nigro strigatae ; femora pos- 

 tica dentata ; alae cinereae, anticae apud costam lutescentes. 



Female. Luteous, smooth, shining. Head and thorax punctured. 

 Head with a short black band behind. Antennae piceous, filiform, 

 reddish at the tips ; scape luteous beneath. Scutum with four black 

 streaks which converge to the black suture between it and the scu- 

 tellum, the latter with a black band near the bidentate hind border ; 

 metathorax with a short black band at the base. Abdomen lanceo- 

 late, narrower and very much longer than the thorax, with a black band 

 near the base, and with two piceous bands in the middle ; petiole very 

 short. Hind coxae with a black streak on the outer side ; hind femora 

 incrassated, armed with several rather large black-tipped teeth ; basal 

 tooth very large and acute. Wings cinereous ; veins piceous. Fore 

 wings with a luteous tinge along the costa ; ulna about half the length 



