64 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Genus Paururus, Konow. 



Paiirurus Calif orfiicus, new species. — 9 . Length, 23 mm.; ovipositor 

 hardly half the length of the abdomen. Uniformly dark blue; the wings 

 hyaline, but with the apices of both wings margined with fuscous, the stigma 

 and veins black or brown-black. Antennae 20-jointed. 



Type.— Cat. No. 7683, U. S. N. M. 



Placer Co., California (Albert Koebele) ; Hoquiam, Wash. De- 

 scribed from 2 specimens. The specimen from Washington State was 

 taken by Mr. H. D. Burke, Aug. 28th, on spruce, and bears the label No. 

 2202b, Hopkins. 



Paururus Hopkinsi, new species. — 9- Length, 20 to 22 mm. 

 ovipositor hardly one-third the length of the abdomen. Uniformly dark 

 blue, with brown-black wings that have a faint purplish tinge in certain 

 lights. Antennae apparently 23-jointed, the terminal joints being brownish. 



$. Length, 18.5 mm. Dark blue, with abdominal segments 5 and 

 6, the apices of front and middle femora and their tibiae and tarsi, an 

 annulus at base of hind tibiae, and the fourth joint of hind tarsi, yellow. 

 Wings yellowish hyaline, the apical margins fuscous. 



Types.— Cat. No. 7684, U. S. N. M. 



Tyron, N. C., and Kanawha, W.' Va. Described from many 

 specimens taken by Dr. A. D. Hopkins and W, F. Fiske from dying pine 

 trees. The species is allied to P. piuicola, Ashm. 



Paururus piuicola, Ashmead. — F. W Konow, without seeing a 

 specimen of this species, has incorrectly made it a synonym of P. 

 jiigricornis, Fabr., a species known to me in both sexes. The male of 

 P. pinicola has never been described, but as Messrs. Hopkins and Fiske 

 have taken it in quantities at Kanawha, W. Va , together with the female, 

 I give below a brief description : 



$. — Length, 11.5 to 19 mm. Dark blue, with the abdomen, except 

 the basal three segments, reddish-yellow ; the apices of the front and 

 middle femora and their tibiae and tarsi except the last joint, a narrow 

 annulus at the base of hind tibiie, and the fourth joint of hind tarsi, are 

 honey-yellow. Antenna; 17-jointed. Wings usually yellowish-hyaline, 

 rarely wholly hyaline ; the apices margined with fuscous, the costal cell 

 and the stigma, except the outer edge, which is dark brown, always 

 (distinctly yellowish. 



