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FAMILY CUCUJIDAE 



Platycotylus. 



Platycotylus inusitatus, Olliff. 



Habitat. — Sivvaliks, North India; Seoni, Central Provinces. Also reported 

 from Andaman Islands and North Borneo. 



Trees Infested. — Lagerstrdmia parvifJora and Erythrina suberosa : Bula- 

 wala, the Dun Forests (B. Sen Gupta) ; Terminalia tomentosa : Seoni. 



Beetle. — ^Elongate. Shining. Head and prothorax dark brown ; elytra red or crimson 

 brown, darker along the suture ; antennae brown; legs brownish yellow. Head small, punctate. 

 Prothorax wider than head, anterior angles produced, sides rounded, base truncate, shining, 

 punctate. Scutellum elongate. Elytra strongly striate-punctate, slightly constricted behind, 

 apex rounded, pygidium yellow. Under-surface light reddish brown. Length, 6.5 mm. 



Specimens of this insect were taken about the tniddle of February igo2 

 by Student B. Sen Gupta from beneath the bark of a 

 Life History. dead Lagerstvumia pavviflora tree. Mr. Gupta subse- 



quently found others in the rotting cambium of the 

 inner bark of a dead recently felled Erythrina suberosa. The insect was 

 in the imago stage. 



In September igoi I obtained specimens of this insect from the galleries 

 of Sinoxylon crassum in the wood of a Terminalia tomentosa obtained from 

 Seoni in the Central Provinces. 



Fig. 81. — Laemophloens test ace its, F, 

 Siwaliks. 



Laemophlokus. 

 Laemophloeus testaceus, Fabr. 



Referenxe.— Fabr. Mant. I. p. 166. 



Habitat.— Siwaliks, North India. 



Tree Infested.— Sal (SJiorea robusta). 

 Dholkhand, Siwaliks. 



Beetle. — Very small, with elongate brown an- 

 tennae. Light brown, shining, the elytra yellowish 

 brown ; legs yellowish. 

 Description. Head finely punctate. Pro- 



thorax smooth, square, 

 I with a longitudinal lateral depression near each 

 edge. Scutellum large. Elytra elongate, sides 

 straigl.t, apex rounded ; surface smooth. Hind 

 femora rather broad, smooth, shining. Length, 

 2.1 mm. 



I took specimens of this small cucujid 

 from beneath the bark of a felled sal-tree 

 at Dholkhand in the Siwaliks in January. 

 The insect appears to feed on the dead 

 cambium of the tree. 



