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neath; front tibia slightly bent; abdomen slender; tergite 1 twice as 

 long as wide, with dorsomedial carinae extending almost to apex, 

 sides and apex with coriaceous to rugose sculpture; remaining tergites 

 with crowded, irregular, shallow punctures, except on apices, the punc- 

 tures shallower and more indistinct on successive tergites. 



Black. Palpi, tegula, front and middle coxae, trochanters, broad 

 annulus on hind tibia, and first segment of hind tarsus broadly at 

 base, pale yellowish; femora reddish; front and middle tibiae pale 

 reddish varying to yellowish; hind coxa reddish brown; hind tibia 

 with a narrow, incomplete, subbasal, and a broad, complete, apical, 

 fuscous annulus; hind tarsus brownish. 



Female: Front wing 5.5 mm. long; antenna with 22 segments; 

 head very thick; temple about as wide as eye; thorax slender, sub- 

 cylindrical; propodeum with dorsal carinae very weak and not ex- 

 tending beyond basal 0.25; sides of propodeum and dorsal surface 

 near base with a few, suberased punctures; abdomen slender; tergite 

 1 rather small, with sides and apex of central area with coarse, shallow 

 punctures; tergites 2-7, except on apices, with numerous, large 

 distinct punctures, the sculpture strongest on tergite 2, becoming 

 weaker on successive tergites; sheath about equal to length of abdo- 

 men beyond tergite 1 ; hairs on sheath fine and rather inconspicuous ; 

 ovipositor weakly compressed, upper valve very slender at apex and 

 without nodus, basalmost ridge on lower valve only slightly oblique. 



Black. Antenna dark brown, with pedicel and flagellum paler 

 brownish beneath; palpi and tegula pale yellowish; legs reddish, with 

 markings as follows: front and middle trochanters above, apex of 

 hind trochanter, stripe on upper surface of front and middle tibiae, 

 broad annulus at middle of hind tibia, and front tarsus, pale yellowish ; 

 middle tarsus pale reddish brown; hind tarsus dark brownish, with 

 first segment yellowish at base; apex of hind femur slightly fuscous; 

 hind tibia with a narrow, pale brownish, subbasal annulus, and a broad, 

 brownish, apical annulus. Abdomen black, sometimes rufopiceous 

 beyond tergite 1. 



Type: 9, Manitou, Colo., May 19, 1914, W. D. Edmonston (Wash- 

 ington, USNM 63744). The type bears the following additional data: 

 "Hopk. U. S. No. 12408b, Par. Laspeyresia? , Picea engelmanni." 



Paratypes: cT, coastal region of southern British Columbia 

 (reared at Vancouver, B. C, May 6, 1938, from cone of Picea sitchensis) 

 W. Mathers (Ottawa). 9, Bear Lake at 9,000 ft., Estes Park, Colo., 

 A. L. Melander (Cambridge). 9, White Kiver, Mount Rainier, [Wash.] 

 July 23, 1924, A. L. Melander (Cambridge). 



Host: Laspeyresia? 



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