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MISCELLANEOUS FOREST INSECTS. 



palpi are stout, conical, and 3-jointed, and not so long as the mentum, 

 the first and second joints of about equal length and the third short. 



c 



Fig. 2.—Pissodes strobi: Head, dorsal aspect, and mandibles. A , Dorsal aspect of left mandible; B, ventral 

 aspect of left mandible; C, dorsal aspect of head; a, apical tooth; 6, subapical tooth; c, median tooth; 

 d, molar; e, median condyle; /, lateral muscle process; g, lateral condyle; h, lateral fossa; i, extensor 

 tendon; j, pharyngeal bracon; k, retractor tendon; I, ventral area; m, dorsal area; n, median condyle; 

 0, anterior fossa; p, anterior section of beak; g, posterior section of beak; s, dorsal area; t, anterior con- 

 dyle; «, lateralfossa. (Author's illustration.) 



The ligula is narrow and clothed with long bristles rising from the 

 inner anterior margin of the mentum. 



