Plate XVII. 



Lopliostcniiis hiigt'Iii, Redtenb. — r, larva ; 2, beetle ; 3, portion ot the base of an oak stem (\v/th 

 part of the bark removed) showing the shallow gallery, .4, made in the sapwood by the young larva ; 

 also the deeper excavation, B, made as the larva reaches full growth, and the entrance-hole. 6', to the 

 tunnel eaten down into the wood for pupation. Kumaun, North-West Himalaya. 



