402 FAMILY CURCULI(3NIDAE 



Myllocerus ii-pustulatus, Faust., var. maculosus, Desbr. 



Reference. — Myllocerus sp. Stebbing, Depart. Notes, i, 31 (1902) 



Habitat.— Sutlej Valley, Kulu and Bashahr States, 2,300 ft. to 3,500 ft. 

 Tree Attacked. — Sissu {Dalbcrgia sissoo). Sutlej Valley. 



Beetle.— The beetle is a brightish grey-pink in colour, about half an inch in length. 

 Dorsal surface grey-pink with black hieroglyphic markings on the elytra, which are slightly 

 channelled and pitted. Under-surface grey. Antennae and legs grey. 



This beetle is found on the wing in the middle of June, when it 



defoliates the sissu, feeding on the leaves of the tree. 



Life History. It was not noticed pairing, and I was unable to form 



an opinion as to whether it had done so or not. The 



specimens found seemed to be chiefly intent on feeding. 



The insect was taken in company with Apoderus sissu, Mshl., which 

 was also engaged in defoliating the trees. 



This beetle feeds on the leaves of the sissu-tree. It was not very 

 abundant at the time it was observed, but the damage 

 ^^^^Fo° est*° ^''^ to the leaves was appreciable. It appears to prefer 

 the older leaves, as it was on them that it was generally 

 to be found ; but this may have been attributable to the fact that most of the 

 new ones had already disappeared under the attacks of the Apoderus leaf- 

 rolling beetle (p. 418). The beetles eat into the leaf, gnawing out portions, and 

 beginning from the outside edge. The portions eaten out are either circular 

 or irregular in shape, and sometimes the midrib is reached, but this was 

 rarely touched by the insect. The leaf was more often eaten irregularly 

 away on both sides of the midrib, leaving the latter intact. 



As this beetle affects the old leaves as well as probably the new, it is 

 capable, when swarming in numbers, of doing serious defoliating injury to 



the trees. 



Myllocerus transmarinus, Hbst. ? 



Referenxe.— Hbst. Kiif. vi, p. 213, t. 75, f. i. 



Habitat.— Sutlej Valley, Kulu and Bashahr States, 2,300 ft. to 3,500 ft. 

 Tree Attacked. — Sissu {Dalbcrgia sissoo). Sutlej 

 Valley. 



Beetle.— Small, elongate, with long, slender legs. Grey to 

 greyish brown. Antennae long. Head and thorax small. Elytra 

 broader than thorax, constricted apically ; striate-punctate. Length, 

 7 mm. 



This v/eevil was taken in company with Myllocerus 

 11-pustulatus var, maculosus and 

 Life History. Apoderus sissu on sissu-trees in 



the Sutlej Valley in June igoi. 

 The insect did not appear to be present in any 

 numbers. Those present were eating out small holes Fig. 272. 



in the old leaves of the tree. I did not observe the ^^^/^^/^^/^^^Hbst. p'sut'le] 

 species to be pairing. Valley. 



