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trochanters and tibiae, front and middle femora in front and at apex, 

 and all tarsi, yellowish fulvous, the basal 0.6 ± of first segment of hind 

 tarsus ferruginous; tegula ferruginous, yellowish basally; wings dark 

 brown with a purple iridescence. 



Specimens: 9, Chester, Calif., June 25, 1951, D. J. and J. N. 

 Knull (Columbus). 49, Independence Lake, Sierra Co., Calif., July 

 17, 1954, R. C. Bla3'lock (Davis and Townes). d\ 29, Lake Tahoe, 

 Calif., July 6, 1925, J. D. Gunder (Townes and Washington). 9, 

 4 miles west of Quincy, Plumas Co., Calif., June 12, 1949, P. D. 

 Hurd (Townes). 9, 4 miles west of Quincy, Plumas Co., Calif., June 

 29, 1949, J. N. Simons (Berkeley). 9, Sagehen, near Hobart Mills, 

 Calif., July 16, 1954, G. A. Schaefers (Berkeley). 9, Sierraville, Calif., 

 July 2, 1954, R. M. Bohart (Townes). 9, Sierraville, Calif., July 

 2, 1954, G. A. Schaefers (Townes). 9 (type), Tuolumne Co., Calif., 

 D. W. Coquillett (Washington). 



This subspecies is restricted to California. 



2. Coleocentrus quebecensis Provancher 



Figure 372 



Coleocentrus Quebecensis Provancher, 1874, Naturaliste Canadien, vol. 6, p. 79; 

 ?. Type: ?, Quebec (Quebec). 



Front wing of male 11 to 12.5 mm. long, of female 14 to 16 mm. 

 long; face densely hairy; clypeus about 2.5 as wide as long, subbasally 

 with a transverse row of 30 to 50 hairs arranged in an irregularly 

 double to quadruple row; prepectal carina present ventrally; median 

 longitudinal carinae of propodeum moderately strong; areolet 

 present; second tergite of male about 2.2 as long as wide; hairs on 

 second tergite of female rather dense; hairs on lateral sternite of third 

 abdominal segment dense, evenly distributed; male clasper as in 

 figure 372; ovipositor sheath about 1.03 as long as front wing. 



Male: Black. Palpi, face, under side of scape, and tegula, yellowish 

 ivory; coxae black, the front and middle coxae pale yellow apically 

 in front and extreme apex of all coxae fulvous; trochanters, front 

 and middle tibiae, and tarsi pale yellow ; femora fulvous, the front and 

 middle femora pale yellow at apex and in front; hind tibia fulvous, 

 somewhat infuscate apically (especially above), its base yellowish; 

 hind tarsus pale yellow, its basi tarsus brownish fulvous; wings with 

 a yellowish tinge. 



Female: Black. Face usually with a fulvous or yellowish spot 

 below each antennal socket; clypeus tinged with ferruginous; palpi 

 yellowish fulvous; under side of scape often more or less fulvous; 

 tegula pale yellow, its apex often fulvous; coxae black, fulvous on 

 the extreme apex ; trochanters and front tibiae and tarsi pale yellowish ; 

 femora yellowish fulvous, the front and middle femora pale yellowish 



