178 Mr. F. "Walker on some undescribed Species 



black tips. Wings brownish, cinereous towards the tips ; veins black : 

 ulna thick, hardly half the length of the humerus ; radius a little longer 

 than the ulna ; cubitus very short. Length of the body 2£ lines ; of 

 the wings 5 lines. 



Orizaba, Mexico. Discovered by M. Salle. In the British Museum. 



Smeera discalis. Mas. Fulva, glabra, nitens ; caput et thorax sub- 

 punctata; caput vertice nigro, facie flavescente ; antenna; piceae, fili- 

 formes, scapo fulvo ; thorax pubescens, nigro trimaculatus, scutello 

 inermi ; abdomen longi-ellipticum, petiolo brevi ; coxae postica? apice 

 nigra? ; femora postica dentata ; alas cinereoe, antica? apud costam 

 lurida;. 



Male. Tawny, smooth, shining. Head and thorax minutely punc- 

 tured. Head with the vertex mostly black; face pale yellowish. 

 Antennae filiform, piceous ; scape tawny. Thorax pubescent, with a 

 large discal black spot, and a small elongated black spot on each side 

 of the scutum ; scutellum unarmed. Abdomen with darker bands, 

 elongate elliptical, slightly compressed; much narrower, but hardly 

 shorter than the thorax ; petiole hardly one-fourth of the length of the 

 abdomen. Hind coxae very long, with black tips ; hind femora incras- 

 sated, armed with several large teeth. Wings cinereous; veins 

 piceous. Fore wings with a lurid tinge along the costa ; ulna about 

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

 cubitus rather long for this family. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of 

 the wings 6 lines. 



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



Smiera divisa. Mas et Foem. Nigra, glabra, nitens ; caput et thorax 

 scite punctata; caput antice flavo bimaculatum; antennae maris fili- 

 formes, foem. subclavata? ; thorax flavo bifasciatus, scutello inermi, 

 metathorace scabro; abdomen compressum, breve, gibbosum, petiolo 

 flavo, foem. longo, maris longissimo; femora postica dentata; tibia? 

 posticae flavo unimaculatae ; alae cinereae, anticae apud costam luridae. 



Male and Female. Black, smooth, shining. Head and thorax mi- 

 nutely punctured. Head with a yellow spot on each side of the front ; 

 this spot much larger in the male than in the female. Antennae fili- 

 form, and longer than the thorax in the male, subclavate, and a little 

 shorter in the female. Thorax with a yellow curved band in front ; 

 scutellum unarmed, with a yellow hind border ; metathorax roughly 

 scabrous. Abdomen compressed, short, gibbous ; petiole yellow, long, 

 slender, nearly as long as the hind coxae in the male. Hind coxa? very 

 long ; hind femora much incrassated, armed beneath with one large and 

 several small teeth ; hind tibia? with a yellow spot. Wings cinereous ; 

 veins black. Fore wings with a lurid tinge along the costa? ; ulna more 

 than half the length of the humerus ; radius shorter than the ulna ; 

 cubitus very short. Male. Tarsi reddish ; anterior tibiae yellow beneath ; 

 hind femora with two yellow stripes on the outer side. Female. Hind 



