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HYMENOPTERA. 
TIrocerus nitidus^ tlie polished horn-tail, is an unde¬ 
scribed species, for which I am indebted to the Rev. L. 
W. Leonard. The male is not known to me. The female 
is of a deep blue color, downy on the head and thorax, 
smooth and highly polished on the abdomen, the end of 
which is armed with a flattened horny point. Her wings 
are clear and perfectly transparent, with brownish veins, 
and have only a faint smoky tinge towards the tip. Her 
legs are ochre-yellow. The body of this insect measures 
rather more than three quarters of an inch, exclusive of 
the horn on the tail. This insect differs from the European 
Urocerus Juvencus in the much greater brilliancy of its color, 
and in havino; shorter antennaB. The borer of this and of 
the preceding species resembles, in form and structure, that 
of the pigeon Tremex, and is used in the same way. 
Urocerus abdominalis^^ the black and orange horn-tail, 
of which only the male is known to me, has not been 
described before. It is black, with the four middle seg¬ 
ments of the abdomen deep orange. There is a pale yel¬ 
low spot behind each eye; the front corners of the thorax 
are pale brownish-yellow; and there are two minute yel¬ 
lowish scales on the back part of the thorax. The abdo¬ 
men is flattened and widened behind, and ends with a 
flattened or triangular point. The antennae are long and 
tapering, of a reddish brown color, with the two extremi¬ 
ties black. The wings are transparent, with brown veins, 
and are a little smoky at the tips. The first four legs are 
ochre-yellow, with black thighs; and the hind legs are 
black, with yellow knees and feet. This insect varies in 
length from six tenths to more than three quarters of an inch. 
It is found in July, on the trunks of the white j^ine. 
Mr. Westwood has ascertained that the grubs of the 
[1 Urocerus nitidus. This is the cyaneus of Fab. Syst. Piez. p. 50. — Norton.] 
* So named from the gi'eat contrast in the colors of the abdomen. In my 
“Catalogue” it stands under the genus Sirex of Linnseus, which is the same as 
Urocerus of Geoffroy. 
