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similar to that of sMstensis, but with the transverse striae above and 

 to the sides of antennae finer, more indistinct and wavy; antenna 

 extremely long, the flagellum longer than the thorax, all the joints 

 much longer than wide; scape reaching above lateral ocelli, not much 

 curved basally and only slightly swollen apically, a little shorter than 

 the four following joints united: pedicel slightly over thrice as long 

 as wide near the apex, nearly one-third as long as the scape but much 

 narrower, considerably wider than any of the following joints which 

 are subequal in width; third joint about two-thirds as long as the 

 fourth, a little over three times as long as wide, very slightly but dis- 

 tinctly narrower than the fourth; joints four to ten inclusive subequal 

 in length and width, about four times as long as wide, the sides par- 

 allel; joint ten bluntly pointed apically, the sides parallel nearly to 

 tip; thorax in shape, sculpture, and pubescence as in lucida but the 

 median lobe of mesonotum not at all sculptured on apical third; abdo- 

 men distinctly but not much wider than the thorax, slightly less than 

 three times as long as wide, broadly elliptical in shape; first tergite 

 twice as wide as long, its anterior edge highly elevated, shaped as in 

 lucida., the median area with a carina apicall}- second tergite with 

 its sides slightly curved, the width to the length as twenty is to 

 twenty- three; basal foveae deeper than in lucida , strongly striae all 

 over, the striae extending almost to the middle of the segment; ter- 

 gites three to six, inclusive, about equal in length, the sides straight 

 and slanting posteriorly at an angle of about 45° from a line drawn 

 down the middle of the abdomen; last tergite as wide as long, pointed 

 apically; none of the tergites sculptured, except the second as men- 

 tioned above; length of abdomen to length of thorax as five is to four; 

 wings hyaline, reaching to, but not beyond, the tip of the abdomen. 

 Shining black ; legs and antennae piceous. 



Type locality. — Quincy, California. 



TVpe.— Cat. No. 25438, U.S.N.M. Two paratypes in Collection 

 Fonts. 



Described from four specimens reared by F. P. Keen, September 

 20, 1915, from cones of Abies concolor, and recorded in the Bureau of 

 Entomology under Hopkins U. S. No. 14201 w. The type specimens 

 of Laspeyresia pallidihasalis Heinrich were reared from these cones 

 and recorded under the same number but have probably no connec- 

 tion with the present species. 



P. gaJiani is especially remarkable because of the peculiar structure 

 of the antennae, joints four to ten being subequal in length and width. 

 This peculiarity is approached but not quite attained in lucida Fonts. 

 The males of galiani and lucida can not be distinguished by any 

 character mentioned above. When the}^ are found they will prob- 

 ably have to be determined by being definitely associated with the 

 females. 



