N0 - 3604 GLYPTOSCELIS BLAKE 21 



Glyptoscelis juniper!, new species 



FlGUUE 14 



Between 6 and 8 mm. in length, oblong oval, shining with an aeneous 

 or rosy glint under white or pale straw-colored pubescence, antennae 

 and legs deep reddish brown, moderately coarsely and densely punc- 

 tate. 



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

 or less distinct median line down front, finely punctate above, puncta- 

 tion becoming coarser in lower front, occiput thinly covered with 

 brown pubescence, lower front with coarser white hairs; eyes eniargi- 

 nate at antennal sockets. Antennae long, slender, a bit wider in 

 outer joints, extending below humeri, reddish brown. Prothorax 

 extending slightly forward at anterior angle; moderately convex with 

 nearly straight sides; depressed along base in middle; densely and 

 deeply but not coarsely punctate, covered on sides with feathery 

 yellowish or white pubescence, middle often with darker hairs. Scutel- 

 lum with fine short white hairs. Elytra slightly depressed below 

 scutellum, with a slight transverse depression below basal callosity 

 and an intrahumeral sulcus; punctures not very coarse or dense with 

 horizontal ridging near base; pubescence not so dense as to hide surface 

 beneath entirely, uniform white or pale straw-colored hairs, sometimes 

 intermingled with darker brown, moderately coarse. Body beneath 

 densely punctate and covered with white pubescence. Length 6-8 

 mm.; width 3-4 mm. 



Type: Male, and 87 paratypes, California Academy of Sciences, of 

 which 15 paratypes are in the U.S. National Museum. 



Type-locality: Fallen Leaf, Eldorado County, Calif., on Juniperus 

 occidentalism F. E. Blaisdell and Ralph Hopping. 



Other localities: California: Placer Co.: Angora Lake, Tahoe, 

 June 22, 1915, Van Dyke; Glen Alpine, Nov. 24, 1915, Hopping and 

 Van Dyke; Summit, July 1907, 7000 ft,, Forest Hill, October 1898, 

 Van Dyke. Sierra Co.: Gold Lake, July 10, 1921, C. L. Fox. Eldo- 

 rado Co.: June 12, 1906, C. L. Fox; Meyers, July 3, 1916, E. C. 

 Zimmermann; Echo Lake. Nevada Co.: Chicago Park, June 5, 

 1936, J. W. Green; Carson City, June 25, 1929, R. L. Usinger; Granite- 

 ville, July 2, 1923, J. O. Martin. 



Remarks: This Sierra species has been identified as G. sequoiae 

 although the habitat as well as food plant are quite different. Both 

 G. sequoiae and G. juniperi are about the same size and with similar 

 sculpture, but their pubescence is different, giving them a different 

 appearance. Glyptoscelis sequoiae is coppery, both in its lustre and 



