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full grown or mature, the larva ranges from 29 to 35 mm. in length. 

 At this stage it bores into the wood to a considerable depth and exca- 





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Fig. J.—Chrysobothris tran^Hebarica: Larva, dorsal, lattraj, and ventral views. X 5. 



vates its pupal cell. A hole for the exit of the beetle is also excavated 

 by the larva from the pupal cell to or near to the surface and is there 



