^2 MR. W. P. KIEBT OS THE CITALCIDIKiE, 



the tip and tlie base of the tibiae are also black, armed below with 

 four large black teeth, the first at the base, and the last two close 

 together. "Wings clear hyaline, with broA^n costal nervure. 

 I£ah. Amazons. 



This species stood in the Britisli-Museum collection as S. con- 

 tacfa, Walk. ; but it differs too mucb from his description to allow 

 of his name being retained. He describes tlie abdomen as 

 " mostly black," and the pectus with a black line on each side. 



Smicba pee a, u. sp. 



Exp. al. 4 liu. ; long. corp. 2 lin. 



Yellow ; antennse black, witli the scape beneath and the extreme 

 tip reddish ; prothorax with an oval spot on eacb of the side lobes, 

 and bordered behind with black (central markings, if any, obli- 

 terated by the pin) ; pectus with a black spot on eacb side ; 

 scutellum with a boAvl-shaped spot near the extremity, which 

 projects a triangle forwards ; petiole short ; abdomen with five 

 transverse reddish stripes ; tips of hind coxse, trochanters, and 

 base and tips of tibiae black ; femora with a reddish-brown spot 

 on the outside, and armed below with numerous minute teeth. 

 "Wings hyaline. ITai. Brazil. 



Smicea inceeta, n. sp. 



Smiera certa $ ?, Walk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) ii. p. 183 (1864). 



Exp. al. 8 lin. ; long. corp. 3 lin. 



Black. Antennse reddish beneath ; scape long, yellowish beneath ; 

 a large ptile spot on each side of the face just below the antennse. 

 Prothorax edged behind with yellowish on each side, interrupted 

 on each side of a spot in the middle of the hind border ; mcso- 

 thorax granulated ; tegulse, sides of hind border of mesothorax, 

 a spot on the mesopleura, and hind border of scutellum (which 

 is bidentate) yellowish. Petiole short, black. Abdomen with 

 strong ferruginous reflections ; but its basal third, which is 

 bounded behind by a yellowish stripe, is lighter than the 

 remainder ; near the tip is another yellowish stripe. Pour front 

 legs black ; tarsi, a line on the outside of the front tibise, and at 

 the base of the middle tibise pale yellow, or whitish ; hind coxse 

 with a yellowish stripe beneath on the basal half; femora with a 

 yellow stripe on each side, broadest on the inside, and armed 

 below with six teeth, the second small ; tips of femora on the 

 inside and base of tarsi ferruginous. "Wings yellowish hyaline. 

 Sah. Amazons. 



