no. 3604 GLYPTOSCELIS — BLAKE 23 



cence that is thicker along base and suture. Body beneath densely 

 punctate and covered with pale yellowish-brown pubescence, legs, 

 reddish brown. Length 6-7.8 mm. ; width 3-4 mm. 



Type: Male, California Academy of Sciences, and 15 paratypes, 

 of which 5 are in the U.S. National Museum. 



Type-locality: Huntington Lake, Fresno County, Calif. 



Other localities: California: Fresno Co.: Stevenson Creek, May 

 27, 1915, R. Hopping, collected on Libocedrus decurrens. Tuolumne 

 Co.: Pine Crest, April 1934, E. P. Van Duzee; Long Barn, Apr. 20, 

 1934, E. P. Van Duzee. Calaveras Co.: Big Trees, May 11, 1935, F. 

 E. Blaisdell. Amador Co.: Tin Rise, June 1, 1936. Mariposa Co.: 

 Yosemite, June 25, 1910, J. O. Martin; Miami Ranger Sta., May 27, 

 1912, on Libocedrus decurrens, A. J. Waltz. Tulare Co.: on cedar, 

 Atwoods Mill, May 29, 1913, Van Dyke; Sequoia National Park, 

 3000-5000 ft., June 11, 1929, A. T. McClay; California Hot Springs, 

 June 3, 1939. Calaveras Co.: Big Trees, July 19, 1907, F. E. Blais- 

 dell ; Calaveras Grove, Apr. 17, 1934, Van Dyke. Inyo Co. : Westgard 

 Pass Plateau, June 15, 1937, Van Dyke. 



Remarks: This may be a distinct species in itself, although it is 

 not very clear cut. Its food plant as recorded several times is not 

 Juniperus but Libocedrus decurrens. Its range generally appears to 

 be more southern in the Sierras than typical G. juniperi. In appear- 

 ance the beetles look yellowish brown because of the long yellowish 

 pubescence in contrast to typical G. juniperi, in which the general 

 effect is of an aeneous or even rosy-lustred beetle lightly covered with 

 white or straw-colored pubescence. There is a slight difference in the 

 aedeagus too, that of the typical form being more widely rounded. 

 And the claw has an inner tooth located slightly lower than in the 

 typical form. On the other hand, there are specimens that intergrade 

 so that I cannot come to any conclusion as to which group they belong. 



Glyptoscelis longior Le Conte 



Figures 21, 23 



Ghjptoscelis longior LeConte, 1878, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv., vol. 4, no. 2, p. 262.— 



Krauss, 1937, Univ. California Publ. Ent., vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 26, 27. 

 Glyptoscelis albida Horn, 1892, Trans. American Ent. Soc, 19, p. 203. 



Between 5.5 and 6.8 mm. in length, elongate oblong oval, shining 

 piceous with a very faint bronzy lustre, densely punctate and with 

 dense, closely appressed, coarse white hairs mixed with very pale 

 brownish hairs to produce a grayish appearance; pro thorax convex with 

 nearly straight sides. 



Head with a median depressed line from occiput down front, 

 punctation over occiput finer and with fine dark hairs, on lower front 

 punctation becoming coarser and denser with coarse white hairs. 



