FAMILY BUPRESTIDAE 



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The family may be divided into twelve sub-families, of which eight only fall within the 

 Indian region, viz. the Julodinae, Polycestinae, Chrysochroinae, Chalcophorinae, Chryso- 

 bothrinae, Sphenopterinae, Buprestinae, and Agrilinae. Of these 

 Classification. eight sub-families seven are known to contain pests of importance in 



the forest, these being the Polycestinae, Chrysochroinae, Chalco- 

 phorinae, Sphenopterinae, Buprestinae, Chrysobothrinae, and Agrilinae, 



Sub-family POLYCESTINAE. 



Antennal pores collected in a lower or terminal pit, Scutellum almost 

 invisible. Clypeus large, triangular. Posterior coxae but slightly dilated 

 on their inner surfaces, their posterior margins slighth- oblique or sub- 

 sinuous. Tarsal claws simple, bilobed or toothed. 



This is a rather small sub-family in India. Genera contain species of 

 importance in the forest. 



ACMAEODERA. 



Acmaeodera belli, Kerrem. 



Reference. — Kerrem. Ann. Ssc. Ent. Belg. xxxvii, 338 (1892). 



Habitat. — Kanara, Bombay Presidency. 

 Tree Attacked.^Unknown. 



Beetle. — Brilliant bronze above, black beneath, covered with a scattered, short, whitish 



pubescence, densest at apex of elytra. Prothorax nearly as wide as long, the anterior margin 



sinuate, with the median lobe produced and broad ; densely punctate. 



Description. Elytra as wide as prothorax at base, slightly wider in apical half, 



thence constricted to apex ; apices moderately rounded and finely 



toothed ; rugose-punctate, with longitudinal series of deep punctures, the basal half with 



longitudinal striae. Length, 4 mm. ; breadth, 1.25 mm. 



A specimen of this beetle was taken on the wing in the Kanara forests 

 by Mr. T. D. R. Bell, I.F.S. Nothing further appears to be known on the 

 subject of its life history. 



Acmaeodera stictipennis. Cast, et Gory. 



{The Small Sal Bnprestid.) 



Reference.— Cast, et Gory, Mon. Bitpr. i, 26, pi. 8, fig. 45 (1S35). 



Habitat. — Siwalik Sal Areas, United Provinces. Also 

 reported from Mhow ; N. Bengal, Maldah ; Konbir, Tetara 

 (P. Cardon) ; South India, Bangalore, Malabar. 



Tree Attacked. — Sal {Shorca robusta). Dehra Dun and 

 Saharampur Sal Areas. 



Beetle. — Deep metallic blue, elytra with a red patch. Prothorax 



finely punctate, with a slight depression on disk and one on each side. 



Elytra elongate, constricted at apices ; the deep 



Description. punctures set in longitudinal striae ; a red patch ^ 



commences at base of outer angle and runs z;^../^ ,^v',i-^ 



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along the lateral margin to middle, where it widens out across the elytra, stictipeiuiis Cast. 



but does not meet the suture. Under-surface pubescent. Length, et Gory, Siwaliks. 



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