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FAMILY BOSTRYCHIDAE 



unevennesses are left in this lon^ tunnel, which is the egg-tunnel, and is 

 carried round the stem parallel to the outer surface. In this tunnel a pair 



of beetles were usual- 



?/,i'/^ ^<^^y^ii?:^?^^^m^'2 ^,. 



"IL.,, .j. ^^Ucr^ .k 



'^r- 



Fig. 96. 



Galleries oi Hetci-obostrychiis hatnatipciniix in Acacia 



catechu. United Provinces Terai. (E. P. S.) 



ly found, apparently 

 the <j and $, There 

 "V is often a depression 

 <. in the floor of the 

 35 egg-tunnel just at 

 its juncture with 

 the entrance-tunnel, 

 which may be the 

 pairing chamber. 

 The egg - tunnels 

 are several inches 

 in length. I have 

 not taken the grubs. 



Seoni. 



Xylopertha. 

 Xylopertha ? sp. 



Reference. — Stebbing, Ind. For. xxviii, 287 (1902). 



Habitat. — Seoni, Central Provinces. 



Tree Attacked. — Tcrminalia tomentosa. Seoni. 



Beetle.— Only an immature specimen of this insect has been obtained, 

 superficially resembling a Smoxj/on, yellowish brown in colour, with ten- 

 jointed antennae, the last three joints forming a 

 Description. terminal club, and joints three to seven being to- 



gether longer than the first (eighth) of the club ; the 

 front tarsi co\ered on their inner surfaces with pubescence. Length, 8 mm. 



A specimen of this insect was cut out of a post of Tenniiialia toiiioitosa 

 badly infested by Sinoxylon crassuiii, at Seoni in the Central Provinces. 



XVLODECTES. 



Xylodectes ornatus, Lesne. 



References.— Lesne, .-lim. Soc. Rut. Bel;.;, p. 19 (1S97) ; id. Ann. Soc. Enf. Fr. p. 538 (1901). 



Habitat. -Kumaun, North India. Also reported from Kadegaon, Bombay ; 

 Madras; Nilgiris ; Bhamo and Tharrawaddy, Burma; 

 Tonkin ; Sumatra ; Borneo. 



Tree Attacked. — Khair {.icacia catcclin). Submontane 

 forests (Jaula Sal), Kumaun. 



Beetle. — Elongate, parallel ; reddish yellow ; head, prothorax anteriorly, 



apical declivity, breast, and base of abdomen black or Isrown ; elytra with 



lateral anterior margins brown ; antennal club 



Description. brown. Front of head granulous with a fine 



whitish-yellow pubescence ; prothorax strongly 



v / ^,^/,. ,,- ■, constricted in front, rasp-like anteriorly. Elytra glabrous and brilliant 



Jiyloaectcs o) iia- » r ^ } b 



tiis Lesne dorsally and on sides ; apical declivity circular, strongly punctate, with a 



Kumaun, etc, fine light yellow or whitish pubescence ; marginal teeth short, wide basally, 



