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FAMILY BRENTHIDAE 



This insect was taken in P'ebruary from beneath the bark of a semul- 

 tree in the Dehra Dnn forests b\- Babu Sen Gupta, 

 Life History. then a student at the Imperial Forest School. 



Specimens of the same brenthid, but of larger size, 

 were sent from the Mai Forest in the Duars of the Tista Forest Division in 

 Bengal by the Forest Ranger, with the report that the beetles were cut out 

 from the bast and sapwood of Castanopsis tribuloidcs, and other "jungle 

 trees." I had previously found this insect beneath the bark of trees in this 

 forest and elsewhere whilst I held charge of the division in 1895-7. 



Ceocephalus carus, Walk. 



Reference. — Walk. Ann. .Uijc. Nat. Hist. (3) iii, p. 262 (1859). 



Habitat. — Dehra Dun, Siwaliks, Northern India, Ceylon. 



Tree Attacked. — Tcruiinalia toinoitosa. Thano, Dehra Dun (B. Sen Gupta). 



Beetle. —.Smaller and narrower than reticiilatiis. Dark red, moderately shining. Head 



small, tuberculate, finely punctate ; rostrum about as long as prothorax, widened above 



middle into a swollen node at which antennae are inserted ; the 



Description. apex broad, smooth. Prothorax widest in basal three-fourths ; disk 



flat, with a longitudinal median depression running from near top 



to base ; surface smooth, shining. Klytra elongate, narrow, constricted at apex, the apical 



edges flattened ; disk depressed on each side of suture, with two well-marked punctate costae ; 



the lateral portions rounded, smooth, and finely punctate. Legs long, the femora swollen 



anteriorly. Length, 18 mm. to 19 mm. (with rostruml 



A specimen of this beetle was found by Babu Sen Gupta, a student of 

 the Imperial Forest School, " boring the bark of a dead Tcruiinalia 

 toincntosa tree" at Thano in the Dun. The insect was taken in the 

 beginning of December. 



Eubactrus sp. 



Habitat. — Jaunsar, North-West Himalaya. 



Tree Attacked. — Piniis loiigifoliLi. Thadiar, Jaunsar (B. Sen Gupta). 



Beetle. — .Small, elongate, narrow. Shining red. Mead small, 

 linelv punctate ; rostrum with a longitudinal channel down basal 



portion, the antennae inserted on a swell- 

 Description, ing just below middle, the depression being 



continued down the node : anterior portion 

 smooth, shining, widest at apex ; antennae short. I'rothorax widest 

 medianly, anterior margin straight and edged with black, sides 

 rounded ; a broad longitudinal depression runs from anterior margin 

 to basal one, the disk being flattened on each side ; sides laterally 

 rounded and smooth. Klytra rather strongly striate-punctate, the 

 carinae most prominent on diskal area, the sides but slightly con- 

 stricted to apex ; latter uniformly rounded, with a narrow flattened 

 edge ; an obscure narrow transverse faint band of black in apical 

 half. Legs moderately long, the femora thickened anteriorly. 

 Length, 8 mm. 



North-West Himalaya. 



