of the Family Chalcidae. 1 79 



femora with one yellow stripe on the outer side. Length of the body 

 3-3| lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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



Smiera mesomelas. Fccm. Fulva, glabra, nitens ; caput et thorax sub- 

 punctata; antenna? picese, filiformes, longiusculae, sat graciles, apice 

 nigrae, scapo fulvo; thorax pubescens, scutello inermi, metathorace 

 scabro ; abdomen nigrum, lanceolatum, apice fulvum, petiolo brevius- 

 cido ; femora posteriora basi nigra, postica subdentata ; tibiae postica; 

 apice nigrae ; tarsi postici basi nigri ; alae cinereae, anticae apud costani 

 fidvescentes. 



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

 pimctured. Antennae piceous, filiform, rather long and slender, blade 

 towards the tips; scape tawrry. Thorax pubescent; scutellum un- 

 armed ; metathorax roughly scabrous. Petiole black, less than half 

 the length of the hind coxae. Abdomen black, lanceolate, slightly 

 compressed, longer and narrower than the thorax, tawny towards the 

 tip. Posterior femora black towards the base ; hind femora much in- 

 crassated, with many very minute teeth, and with one large tooth near 

 the base ; hind tibiae with black tips ; hind tarsi black towards the base. 

 Wings cinereous ; veins piceous. Fore wings with a tawny tinge along 

 the costa ; ulna about half the length of the humerus ; radius longer 

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

 wings 8 lines. 



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



Smiera erythrina. Fcem. Rufa, glabra, nitens ; caput et thorax sub- 

 punctata ; caput antice flavescens ; antennae nigrae, filiformes, brevius- 

 culae, scapo rufo ; thorax linea transversa vittaque tenui pectorisque 

 disco nigris, scutello inemii ; abdomen brevi-fusiforme, parvum, petiolo 

 breviusculo, segnientis pioeo fasciatis ; coxae posticae nigro vittatas ; 

 femora postica subdentata, intus nigro vittata ; alae cinereae. 



Female. Red, smooth, shining. Head and thorax minutely punc- 

 tured. Head yellowish in front, with a black mark behind. Antennae 

 black, filiform, rather short ; scape red. Prothorax short, with a black 

 sutural line between it and the mesothorax ; scutum of the latter with 

 a black longitudinal line; scutellum unarmed; pectus mostly black. 

 Petiole less than half the length of the hind coxae. Abdomen short, 

 fusiform, acuminated, slightly compressed, shorter, and much nar- 

 nower than the thorax ; segments with piceous bands on the fore- 

 borders. Hind coxa? with a black stripe on each side; hind femora 

 much incrassated, with a black streak and a lower black stripe on tbe 

 inner side, armed beneath with many minute teeth. Wings cinereous ; 

 veins black ; ulna about half the length of the humerus ; radius a little 

 longer than the ulna ; cubitus short, clouded with black. Length of 

 the body 3$ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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



