of the Family Chaleidoe. 175 



Smiera demonstrata. Fcem, Lutea, glabra, nitens; caput et thorax 

 subpunctata ; antennae nigrae, graciles, filiformes, scapo luteo ; thorax 

 disco uigro ; scutellum inerine, nigTO maculatuin ; petiolus brevis ; 

 abdomen lanceolatum, supra ferrugineum; coxae posticae nigrae; femora 

 dentata, basi apiceque nigra ; tibiae posticae apice nigrse ; alae cinereae. 



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

 punctured. Head black behind. Antennae black, slender, filiform; 

 scape luteous. Paraptera, disk of the scutum, and disks of the par- 

 apsides black ; scutellum unarmed, with a round black spot. Petiole 

 short. Abdomen lanceolate, ferruginous above except towards the tip, 

 much longer and narrower than the thorax. Hind coxae long, black ; 

 hind femora much incrassated, black at the base and at the tips, armed 

 beneath with very large teeth; hind tibiae with black tips. Wings 

 cinereous ; veins black ; ulna full half the length of the humerus ; 

 radius a little shorter than the vdna; cubitus short. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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



Smiera imitator. Fozm. Lutea, glabra, nitens ; caput et thorax sub- 

 punctata; scutum nigro strigatum; scutellum inerme, macula discali 

 elongata nigra ; pectus nigro biguttatum ; petiolus brevissimus ; abdo- 

 men lanceolatum, ferrugineo fasciatum ; coxae posticae apice nigrae ; 

 femora postica subdentata, nigro biguttata; alae cinereae, breviusculae. 



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

 punctured. Antennae mutilated. Scutum with a black longitudinal 

 line and with a short black streak on the suture of each of the par- 

 apsides ; scutellum unarmed, with an elongated black spot on the disk ; 

 a black dot on each side of the pectus. Abdomen lanceolate, extending 

 beyond the fore wings, narrower and a little longer than the thorax, 

 with ferruginous bands, two of these mostly blackish; petiole very 

 short. Hind coxae with black tips; hind femora much incrassated, 

 minutely dentate, with a black dot on each outer disk and a black 

 apical dot. Wings cinereous, rather short ; veins piceous ; ulna about 

 half the length of the humerus ; radius as long as the ulna ; cubitus 

 very short. Length of the body 8^ lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



Santarem. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



Smiera obliterans. 3Ias. Lutea, glabra, nitens ; antennae nigrae, fili- 

 formes, subtus rufescentes, scapo subtus flavo; parapsides nigro uni- 

 pimctatae ; scutellum bidentatum, nigro lineatum ; petiolus flavus, sat 

 longus ; abdomen fusiforme ; coxae posticae apice nigrae ; femora postica 

 dentata; alae cinereae, apice obscuriores. 



Fozm. Scutum nigro bilineatum ; scutellum nigro vittatum ; petiolus 

 brevissimus ; abdomen lanceolatum, strigis transversis lateralibus nigris. 



Male. Luteous, smooth, shining. Head yellow in front, with a 

 black line behind. Antennae black, filiform, reddish beneath; scape 

 yellow beneath. Parapsides with a black point on each; scutellum 



