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body. Legs not incrassated ; tibiae with short apical spurs ; hind- 

 coxae long. Wings long-, narrow. Fore-wings with the humerus 

 emitting into the disk, at a little beyond half its length, a branch 

 from whence the two spurious veins proceed ; ulna rather less 

 than one-third of the length of the humerus ; radius extending 

 nearly to the tip of the wings, more than twice the length of 

 the ulna ; cubitus very short, furcate. 



This genus belongs to the Tonymidce, and is most nearly allied 

 to Megastigmus, but it has also a tendency to the structure of the 

 Leucospidce, and shows the transition between these two families. 



Metamorpha leucospoides. 

 Fcem. — Nigra; caput antice flavum nigro vittatum, oculis flavo 

 submarginatis ; prothorax flavo quadrimaculatus ; parap- 

 sides, paraptera et scutellum flavo marginata ; abdomen basi 

 subtusque flavum, segmentis flavo marginatis ; pedes lutei, 

 coxis flavis nigro variis, femoribus posticis nigris apice luteis, 

 tibiis tarsisque posticis flavis ; alse lurido-cinereae. 



Female. — Black. Head in front yellow, with a black stripe ; 

 orbits of the eyes yellow, except on each side of the vertex. 

 Prothorax with a large yellow spot on each side, and with two 

 triangular spots on the hind border. Parapsides, scutellum and 

 paraptera bordered with yellow ; hind border of the mesothorax 

 also yellow. Abdomen yellow at the base and beneath ; hind 

 borders of the segments with yellow lines, which are interrupted 

 in the middle and dilated on each side. Legs luteous ; coxae 

 yellow, varied with black ; hind-femora black, with luteous tips ; 

 hind-tibiae and hind-tarsi yellow. Wings cinereous, with a lurid 

 tinge ; veins black. 



Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Bootan. Discovered by Dr. Pemberton. 



Genus Smiera. 

 Smiera referaior. 



Fcem. — Luteo-flava ; caput et thorax scabrosa ; caput supra 

 nigrum ; antennae piceae, filiformes, subtus luteae, scapo 

 flavo; thorax plaga strigaque nigris, scutello inermi ; petiolus 

 brevis ; abdomen compressum, lanceolatiim, thorace duplo 

 longius, segraentorum discis nigris ; pedes nigro vittati, femo- 

 ribus posticis dentatis ; alaj cinereae, apud costam lutes- 

 centes. 



Female. — Luteous-yellow, pubescent. Head and thorax largely 



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