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to a little past the middle of their length ; the hind pair in the male reach to the apex 

 of the elytra. In the male the first joint of the hind tarsus is longer than the remaming 

 joints united ; in the female the first joint is equal in lengtli to the two others together. 

 Length, 14 mm. to 20 mm. ; breadth, 3 mm. to 4A mm. (Descr. after Gahan.) 



Little is at present known on the subject of this most curious ceram- 



bycid. According to Gahan it is the only species of 



Life History. the ^Q.wwsTcledapuiVnoy^w. To my knowledge it is 



the only wingless longicorn that has yet been reported 



in connection with damage in the Indian forests. Specimens of the beetle 



were taken on tw^o occasions on 19 April 1902, by Babu B. Sen Gupta, 



then a student at the Forest School at Dehra. The first specimen was 



taken in a standing dead but not dry deodar-tree at Mundali in Jaunsar, 



and another in a standing dead spruce, both in the sapwood. The grubs 



evidently feed in the bast and outer sapwood, and the beetles probably 



emerge from the tree some time in May or early June to pair and oviposit 



in fresh trees. This is as far as the life history has been taken at present. 



NOTHORRHINA. 



The genus contains a notable pest of the Pinm longifolia. This is the 

 first report of the occurrence of the genus in India. 



Nothorrhina muricata, Daln. 



Reference.— Daln. Schonh. Syn. Ins. i, 3, App. p. 193 (iSiy)- 



Habitat.— Ptn;/s longifolia tracts in North-West Himalaya. 

 Tree Attacked.— Chir Pine {Piniis longifolia). Jaunsar, Tehri Garhw^al, 

 Kumaun, Almora, Chamba. 



Beetle-Narrow, elongate. Black or rufous-brown, moderately shining ; antennae 

 brown ; under-surface brown to orange-brown, shining. Head finely rugose-punctate between 

 the roundish black eyes placed on each side ; antennae short, 

 Description. slender, first joint swollen, second short, third longer than second, 



shorter than first, rest longer except last two, which are short. Pro- 

 thorax flat, wider than broad, the posterior outer angles rounded, coarsely rugose on sides, 

 the rugosities and imbrications strongest anteriorly, the disk convex medianly, smooth, 

 shining, and finely punctate. Elytra broader than prothorax at base, sides parallel, apices 

 separately rounded ; striate-punctate, the longitudinal striae rather indistinct, the punctures 

 irregular and fine and interrupted by short irregular transverse striae and reticulations. 

 Under-surface finely punctate. Legs slender, light yellowish brown. Length, 13 mm. to 

 18 mm. Plate xviii, fig. ib, shows this beetle. 



Larva.— A thick whitish elongate grub with a pale brown prothorax which is broader 

 than the other segments ; the latter are tuberculate. Head small, yellow, mandibles black. 

 Length 18 mm. to 25 mm. (fig. i.) 



Pupa.— Elongate, white, slender, narrow, tapering posteriorly. Antennae, legs, and wings 

 are pressed against the chest. Length, 15 mm. to 21 mm. Fig. la shows the ventral surface 

 of the pupa. 



