FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE 



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ASPIDOMORPHA. 



Aspidomorpha sanctaecrucis, Fahr. 



Reference. — Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv, App. p. 4.(0. 



Habitat. — ■Tharrawaddy, Lower Burma. 



Tree Attacked. — ^Teak {Tcctona grandis). Kadin Bilin Forest, Tharra- 

 wadd\'. 



Beetle. — ^Brightly coloured spherical-ovate, resembling in shape 



a tortoise-shell. Upper outer surface shining yellow, with the 



median portions, consisting of the " body," 



Description. " head," and " legs," brilliant coppery. 



Antennae yellow with a black club. Legs 



canary-yellow. Length, 10 mm. to 12 mm. 



I took some specimens of this beetle on teak 

 leaves in the Kadin Bilin Forest 

 Life History. on 23 January 1905. The insects Aspidomorpha samtae- 



were defoliating to a slight extent criicis^Vshr. 



the teak leaves of the saplings in a 1902 tounggva 

 teak plantation, but the damage was slight and the insect not abundant. 



The beetle is a very handsome and easily recognizable object in the 

 brilliant sunlight. The insect lives for a considerable period without food 

 in the adult stage. I kept beetles taken on 23 January in a box without 

 food, and they were still alive and active on 22 February following. 



