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soon obtained, though at first overlooked by me, as tliey are so well 

 hidden. It must be noted as a fact of soiue signilieance that tlie only 

 cone selected for oviposition was one whose peduncle had been injured 

 and the cone somewhat discoloured in consequence ; the 19 L9 and 1921 

 cones were altogether ignored. 



Breeding is simple as all stages are apparently well adapted to with- 

 stand an}^ iiijury from being shaken about in the cone — some survived 30 

 or 40 rough marches with coolie carriage, the cones being kept in boxes 

 or tins under conditions which would be far too dry for most insects. 

 Pupae taken from the cones can be kept in small glass tubes closed with 

 a tAvist of paper, and they also stood the treatment described. 



Imago. 



Clilorophorus strohilicoJa, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, subopaque, the elytra shining' ; rufuus or leddish- 

 brown, the eyes, sciitellum, metasternuiu, and abdouieu, the elytra with at 

 least the apical portion, and SDiiietimes the 

 posterior femora towards the apex and the tips 

 of the antennae, infuscate or black ; the elytra 

 each with a curved narrow fascia before the 

 middle, extending forwards along the suture to 

 the base and interrupted on the outer part of the 

 disc, a short longitudinal streak within the 

 humeral callus, a common narrow suhapical 

 fascia, and sometimes a small patch at the apex, 

 cinereous or whitish, the rest of the pubescence 

 of the upper surface sparser and darker, that of 

 the under surface close, and in great part whitish 

 or cinereous, the legs cinereo-pubescent and 

 with a few projecting h;urs ; the head and pro- 

 thorax closely, roughly punctate, the elytra 



densely, very finely punctate. Antennae rather more than half the length 

 of the body, a little longer in J , joints 6-10 rapidly decreasing in length in $ . 

 Prothorax convex, transverse in § , nearly as long as broad in J , rounded at the 

 sides. Elytra moderately elongate, somewhat flattened on the disc, truncate 

 at the apex, the outer apical angle sharp. Basal joint of posterior tarsus 

 about as long as the others united, l.eugth 7|-9^, breadth 2-3 mm. (c? $ .) 



Hah. India, W. Almora in Kumaon. 



Numerous examples, bred at various times from the cones of Pinus 

 longifolio, and probably not quite fully coloured. The nearest allied 

 species appear to be the Palaearctie C. trifasviatiai F., C. rn^coni/s Oliv., 

 and C. nUp'ipes Brulle, all of which have much broader whitish fasciae, the 

 latter being almost as narrow as in C. massiliensis L. The Indian forms 

 enumerated by Dr. Glahan under Caloclytus {—Chloi-ophorus) are all 



Chloropliorus strohilicola. 



