FAMILY ANTHRIBIDAE 



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In January 1905 I cut out a sj)ecinien of this beetle from a pupal 



chamber in the wood at the base of the stem of a large girdled pyinkadu- 



tree. The outer sapwood of the bole of the tree was 



Life History. covered from base to top with the shallow larval galleries 



of a bast-feeding grub. I was unable to sa\' whether 



these galleries were made entirely by the grubs of this anthribid, but 



one of the galleries led down into the pupal chamber in which the fully 



mature beetle was found. 



Phloebius apicalis, Walker. 



Referen'CE.— \\'alker. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, iii, p. 262 (185')) 



Habitat. — Tharrawaddy, Lower Burma, Ceylon, 



Tree Attacked. — Pyinkadu {Xylia dolabrifonnis). 

 Kadin Bilin, Tharrawaddv. 



Beetle. — Elongate, rather thick, with very elongate thin an- 

 tennae ; tlie third tarsal joint large and broadly heart-shaped. Black, 

 covered with a very short dense canary- 

 Description, yellow pubescence. Head narrow, cani- 

 culate medianly ; rugose and clothed with 

 yellow pubescence. Pi'othorax much wider than head, widest across 

 middle, the sides truncate on either side of this point, base straight ; 

 disk convex, rather finely transversely striate and punctate. Elytra 

 broadest at base, slightly constricted apically ; apices conjointly 

 rounded, exposing a small pygidium ; finely, rather irregularly, 

 and obscurely striate-punctate, and covered with the close yellow 

 pubescence, densest apically. Under-surface dull, very finely punc- 

 tate and pubescent. Legs long, black, with very prominent enlarged 

 third tarsal joints. Length, 13.5 mm. (without antennae). 



ElG. 258. 



Plilocbiiis apicalis, 



Walker. Tharrawaddv. 



I took specimens of this insect from small pupal chambers in the sap- 

 wood of a large girdled pyinkadu-tree in the Kadin 

 Life History. Bilin Forest in Tharrawaddy on 5 January 1905. 



The larval galleries were found to run in the bast and 

 sapwood, the grub pupating in the latter. The beetles were mature and 

 ready to fly. 



Anthribid. 



Referen'CE. — It has not proved possible to obtain the identification of this species. 



Habitat. — Ataran River, Tenasserim. 



Tree Attacked. — Pyinkadu [Xylia dolabrifonnis). Natchoung, Ataran 

 River. 



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