FAMILY TENEBRIONIDAE 



235 



g 



Fig. 159. 



Larva and pupa of 



Sftenis lacvis. Assam. 



(E. P. S.) 



verv scattered. Elytra widest in apical fourth, thence constricted 

 sharply to apex ; moderately convex and depressed behmd ; punc- 

 tate the punctures in longitudinal rows placed rather far apart the 

 (PJ\ indi'vidual punctures at some distance from one another. Legs 

 «^ elongate, black, and shining. Length, 22 mm. 



\i LarYa.-Eiongatc, narrow cylindrical, outer surface very hard 



'-^ and thickened; dark chestnut brown to blackish m colour, the 

 segments marked by a dark narrow transverse band ; three pairs of 

 leos arc present which are functional. Length, 30 mm. to 36 mm. 



"^ Pupa-Thick, curved, whitish yellow, the prothorax hooded, the 

 abdominal segments slightly tapering and narrower than tho.acic 

 ones. Length, 28 mm. 



This tenebrionid beetle is very plentiftil in dead 

 sal-trees in the Assam sal forests. 

 Life History. In the first fortnight in May 1906 



Mr. W. F. Perree and myself took 

 it in all stages of larva, ptipa, and beetle, in the trees. 

 Setenis semivalga, Blair, sp. nov. 



REFERENCE.— Blair, Ann. Mag. Hist. (ser. 8), xii, 57 (i9l3)- 



Habitat.— Central Provinces. Also from Ceylon 

 (Bates Coll.). 



Tree Attacked.— Sal {Shorea rohnsta). Ktidrahi, 



Mandla. , , . a 



Beetle.-Elongate, the elytra much broader than the head and 

 prothorax. Black. Head flat, narrow, broadest medianly, punctate. 

 Prothorax wider than long, sides but slightly 

 Description. rounded,the median furrow entire and promi- 



nent, the pits on either side small and incon- 

 spicuous ; punctate, the punctures rather tine and scattered. Elytra 

 sliohtly wider in apical fourth, thence constricted to apex ; apical 

 fourth depressed ; moderately convex ; strongly and rather deep y 

 striate-punctate, the striae rather close together and rather coarsely 

 punctured, the interstices convex. Legs long, black, shining; 

 anterior tibiae thickest and subdentate in middle. Length, 23 mm. 



I took a specimen of this insect, in April 1909, from beneath the bark 

 of a green sal-tree felled the previous February in theMandla sal forests. 



Hyperops. 

 Hyperops unicolor, Herbst. 



Reference.— Herbst. Kiif. viii, p. 163, t. 127, f. 2 (1799)- 



Habitat.— Madras. 



Tree Attacked.— Casuarina {Casuarina equiseti folia). 



Vellore. 



Beetle.-Small, elongate. Black, dull. Mead flat, widest 

 medianly ; very finely and uniformly punctate. Prothorax longer 

 than wide, narrowest behind ; anterior margin concave, sides 

 ^.^'i'- :/.r rounded; moderately convex, finely and uniformly punctate 

 HlS:^ V^Lnradr'as. EMra el'ongate, narrc:;v, sharply constricted and depressed in apical 



Fl(}. 160. 

 St'ienis sei7iivalga, 



Blair, sp. nov. 

 Central Pro\'inces. 



