FAMILY BUPRESTIDAE 203 



Capnodis miliaris, Klug. 



References. — King. Symh. Pliys. 15, pi. 2, fig. i (1821) ; Fairm. Bull. S.E.B. xx.w, 125 (1891) ; dacdalea, 

 Stevens, Bull. S. N. Mosc. 93, pi. 3, fig. 6 (1S30) ; albisparsa, Falderman, ibid. 107; miliaris. Mars. 

 L'Abeille, ii, 122 (1865); metallica, Ballion, Bull. S. N. Mosc. xlviii, 349 (1871). 



Habitat. — Baluchistan : Ouetta, Loralai, Fort Sandeman, Shinj^^har Hills, 

 Ziarat ; Kashmir. Also reported from Tripoli, Syria, Persia. 



Trees Attacked. — Poplar (Populits euphratica) : Quetta, etc. ; ? Chenar 

 {Plataniis orientalis) : Quetta; Pinus Gcrardiana? : Zhob. 



Beetle.— Black or coppery-black ; prothorax white or grey or 

 coppery ; elytra black, shining ; under-surface black. Head rugose- 

 punctate, bottom of punctures filled with a 

 Description. white squamose pubescence. Antennae 



black. Prothorax punctate, the bottoms of 

 punctures filled with pubescence ; an elongate, irregular, black, smooth, 

 median raised area below anterior margin and not in contact with 

 it ; a rounded one medianly at base, its centre depressed into a deep 

 pit just above the scutellum ; four smaller rounded areas, two on 

 each side, one below anterior margin and two contiguous with 

 basal margin. Elytra with longitudinal punctate striae interrupted 

 at sides by dull grey or coppery irregular rugnse areas, these areas 

 larger medianly and basally, smaller or mere rounded spots on pj^^^. , 



upper half of elytra. Legs black. Length, 21 mm. to 39.5 mm. ; Capnodis miliaris, 

 breadth, 7 mm. to 18 mm. Baluchistan specimens varied greatly in Klutr. Baluchistan, 

 size, the smallest taken being only 21 mm. in length. 



Larva. — Elongate, body segments tapering, the prothoracic segment greatly developed, with 

 a longitudinal inverted V-shaped black marking on the median dorsal surface. Head and mandi- 

 bles black; median abdominal segments longer than broad. Length, nearly 72 mm. (Fig. 30, i;.) 



This beetle is common in Baluchistan. I have taken it in Quetta, 

 Loralai, Fort Sandeman, Ziarat, and in the Pinus 

 Life History. - gerardiana forests in the Shinghar Hills. I have never, 

 however, actually found it in this latter tree nor in the 

 juniper forest at Ziarat. I found the beetle fairly plentiful in Quetta at the 

 end of May, usually taking it resting in the large holes made in the poplar- 

 trees by the yEolesthes sarta (Quetta borer, see p. 307) longicorn pest. The 

 buprestid doubtless made use of these places to leave the trees. The beetle 

 was also plentiful in the pine forests round Shinghar (elevation 8,000 ft.) in 

 North Zhob in June. In October of the same year (1905) the beetles were 

 still to be found on the wing fairly plentifully in and around Quetta. It had 

 been suspected that the grubs of this insect lived in the poplar and plane 

 trees which form the fine avenues of the station, the former trees being 

 plentiful throughout Baluchistan. 



That the insect infests the Popnlus euphratica was proved by Mr. A. L. P. 

 Tucker, CLE., at the time Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan. 

 Mr. Tucker found the large larva shown in fig. 30, c, in one of the poplars 

 in the Residenc}' Gardens at Quetta, and subsequently we took a number 

 of the grubs all nearly or quite full-grown. It would appear probable that 

 the larvae mature at different periods throughout the spring, summer, and 

 autumn months, the beetles thus issuing irregularlv during this period. The 



