no. :604 GLYPTOSCELIS BLAKE 27 



Bird Creek, Mt. Adams, July 2, 1925, Van Dyke; Walla Walla, May 

 13, M. C. Lane; June 20, 1941, K. and D. Fender; Blue Mts., Lewis 

 Park, June 20, 1941, K. M. Fender; June 18, 1945, 4500 ft., M. C. 

 Lane; Blue Mts., Blacksnake River, June 25, 1941, M. C. Lane; 

 Republic, May 7, 1930, G. R. Hopping; Wawawai, Apr. 17, 1931, 

 feeding on cherry; Pullman, June 8, 1901, C. V. Piper; Go van, Lincoln 

 Co., W. S. Abbott, in Phrynosoma (horned toad). Idaho: Coeur 

 d'Alene, May 5, 1920, J. S. Evenden, on Finns ponderosa; Moscow, 

 May 30, 1920, alt. 3200 ft., W. E. Shull. Montana: Sula, June 24, 

 1929, alt. 4700 ft., W. E. Shull. British Columbia: Vernon, May 

 13, 192G, R. Hopping; North Bend, June 6, Hubbard and Schwarz. 



Remarks: Although apparently this is one of the most common 

 species of Glyptoscelis in the Pacific Northwest, it has never been 

 recognized as a species different from those already described, but has 

 been confused with either G. sequoia, a more southern species living 

 on Sequoia sempervirens , or with G. albida, which does not extend into 

 Oregon or Washington either, and is a larger, more robust beetle. 

 There are several records of G. septentrionalis being taken on "fir," 

 one on Pinus contorta and one on P. ponderosa. It has a quite differ- 

 ent aspect from G. sequoiae, which is a very lustrous coppery beetle 

 with pubescence that varies from yellowish to brownish but is never 

 white. In contrast, G. septentrionalis is piceous, shining with a bronzy 

 lustre, and the coarse pubescence on the elytra in particular is usually 

 dark brown with scattered white hairs. Its range is from northern 

 California to British Columbia, and eastward through Idaho into 

 Montana. 



Glyptoscelis artemisiae, new species 



Figure 18 



From 6 to 7 mm. in length, oblong oval, shining bronzy black under 

 coarse white pubescence, pubescence on elytra forming more or less 

 distinct white vittae, giving it a striped appearance; prothorax 

 coarsely and densely punctate, elytra not so coarsely but densely 

 punctate; aedeagus truncate and not rounded at apex. 



Head with interocular space more than half width of head, eyes 

 slightly emarginate at antenna! sockets, a median line down front 

 ending in a depression, densely punctate, lower half more coarsely so, 

 covered with white pubescence that is finer on occiput. Antennae 

 extending below humeri, slender, outer joints somewhat thicker, 

 seventh joint long, reddish brown to piceous. Prothorax wider than 

 long with nearly straight sides, convex, depressed along base; densely 

 and coarsely punctate and covered with coarse pubescence that in 

 middle tends to be pale brownish, white along sides. Scutellum with 

 a few finer white hairs. Elytra with prominent humeri, deep intra- 

 humeral sulcus, a small basal callosity with depression below, a little 



