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Genus EPIN^US Kirby. 

 Epin^us dux (Walker). 



Smiera dux Walker, Journ. Entom., I., 1861, p. 173, 9. 



Epinssus dux Kirby, Journ. Linn. Soc. London, ZooL, XVIL, 1883, p. 58. — Dalla 

 Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 395. 

 Brazil : Para (Bates). 



ENNEASMICEA Ashmead, gen. no v. 



In this genus the hind femora are armed with nine moderately large teeth and 

 the scutellum is usually bidentate or emarginate at apex, rarely normal. 



Enneasmicra exinaniens (Walker). 



Smiera exinaniens Wa.lker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), II., 1864, p. 198, 9- 

 Smiera exinaniens Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 377. 



Brazil. 



Enneasmicra coetjmbensis, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 6.5 mm. Yellow ; a spot on the occiput, a small dot on the 

 middle of the front face of the pronotum, an oblong spot on the inner margin of the 

 lateral mesothoracic lobes anteriorly, two long triangular spots on the middle lobe 

 anteriorly and a median line posteriorly, a spot at apex of the scutellum which is 

 connected with a central line, the mesopleural furrow, a small spot on the hind coxae 

 near the base, and three spots on the hind femora, black. The abdomen is conic- 

 ovate, the body brownish or fuscous above, tlie petiole hardly twice as long as thick 

 and yellow. The hind femora are armed wdth nine large, black teeth, the last 

 two more or less united at base. 



Brazil : Corumba in April. One specimen. 



Enneasmicra incerta, sp. nov. 



Male. — Length 7 mm. Reddish golden brown ; the flagellum, a large median 

 spot on the front face of the pronotum, a transverse spot at apex of the scuteHuin 

 and a transverse line at base, both being connected by a central line, a spot on the 

 lateral mesothoracic lobes, a large triangular spot extending from the anterior mar- 

 gin of the middle lobe, and a spot at the apex of the metanotura, black. The 

 abdomen is oblong-oval, the petiole a little more than three times as long as thick, 

 the dorsal segments tinged with brown. The hind femora are about thrice as long 

 as wide and armed with nine large, black teeth. 



Brazil : Corumba, in May. One specimen. 



