244 S. FRANK AARON. 



J . — Deepchfilybeous and purple, the third abdominal segment entirely metallic 

 purple; basin of face cross striated, above a large foveolae enclosing the anterior 

 ocellus, and caused b}' the upward continuation of the carina across the front; 

 prothorax with the surface uneven, much wider at the sides than in the middle, 

 with large shallow punctures; mesothorax with the punctures moderately strong 

 directly and on the posterior portion of the median division, but on the dorsum, 

 becoming more shallow separated depressions; tegulse small, oval, almost smooth; 

 metathorax with larger and deeper punctures than the other portions of the in- 

 sect; prolongation of the postscutellum deeply excavated above (the excavation 

 deeper than in Dahlbom's figure) ; abdomen with the second segment three times 

 as long on the dorsum as the first segment, the first sharply angulated at its ante- 

 rior corners, flattened on the sides ; second segment with the lateral margins ex- 

 tremely short as compared with the dorsum; third segment with the depression 

 very deep and broad; the pits eighteen or twenty, distinct, rounded, seemingl}' 

 deep, situated at the bottom of a perpendicular declivity ; the apical teeth, four 

 in number, large, pointed, the two median ones projecting beyond the others, but 

 with the central emargination smaller and narrower than those between the me- 

 dian and outer teeth ; lateral margins arched outwardly, a little sinuate just before 

 the outer teeth; entire abdomen with small, round, very much separated punc- 

 tures on a smooth surface; those on the last segment very much smaller except at 

 the extreme base, where they are large and close; femora and tibise entirely blue, 

 the tarsi tinged with green, the basal half of the brown antennal joints tinged 

 with green; 15 mm. long. 



Sub-family— PARNOPIN^. 



P.4RXOPES Fabr. 

 Syst. Piez. 177, 1804. 



This genus stands by itself and is very widely separated. The char- 

 acters are those of the sub-family. It may be at once distinguished by 

 the lengthened bee-like proboscis. The male has four abdominal seg- 

 ments and the female three, the apical segment being longer in the female. 



Postscutellum with its ])osterior margin entire Edwai'dsii. 



Postscutellum with its posterior margin deeply notched in the middle (according 

 to Smith's description ..chrysoprasina. 



Pariiopeiii Edwariisii. 



Eachroeas Edioardsii Cresson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vii, Proc. Ent. Section 



1879, p. iv. 

 Farnopes Edioardsii Cresson, loc. cit. page x. 



The color varies from emerald-green with golden or brassy reflections 

 to deep blue and purple with some green reflections ; two specimens from 

 Vancouver are dull colored, partly fuscous on the thorax, the single male 

 specimen is deep blue. One Californian specimen has strong cupreous 



