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cate median line posteriorly, a spot on the axillpe, a median line on the scutellum 

 posteriorly and the femoral teeth, black. The abdomen is ovate, the petiole being 

 about three times as long as thick. The hind femora are armed with six large 

 teeth, all acute. 



Brazil : Corumba, in May. 



PENTASMICRA Ashmead, gen. nov. 



In this genus the hind femora are armed with five large teeth ; eyes large, occu- 

 pying nearly the whole sides of the head ; mandibles three-dentate ; while the scu- 

 tellum at apex is bidentate. 



Pentasmicra aperta (Walker). 



Smiera aperta Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), II. , 1864, p. 187, 9. 

 Smicra aperta Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 373. 



Brazil. 



Pentasmicra appressa (Walker). 



Smiera appressa Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), II., 1864, p. 186, 9. 



Smicra appressa Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V, 1898, p. 373. 



Brazil. 



Pentasmicra brasilica (Walker). 



Smiera brasilica Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), II., 1864, p. 188, 9. 



Smicra brasilica Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 374. 



Brazil. 



Pentasmicra cerina (Walker). 



Smiera cerina Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), IL, 1864, p. 187, c^. 



Smicra cerina Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 374. 



Brazil. 



Pentasmicra certa (Walker). 



Smiera certaMValker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), II. , 1864, p. 187, 9. 

 Smicra certa Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 374. 



Brazil. 



Pentasmicra commoda (Walker). 



Smiera commoda Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc, London (3), II. , 1864, p. 195, 9. 

 Smicra commoda Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 374. 



Brazil. 



Pentasmicra conteminata (Walker). 



Smiera conteminata Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), II. , 1864, p. 194, 9. 

 Smicra conteminata Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 375. 



Brazil. 



(?) Pentasmicra efficta (Walker). 



Smiera efficta Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc London (3), II. , 1864, p. 184, (f. 

 Brazil : Amazon. 



