446 FAMILY CURCULIONIUAE 



Odoiporus. 

 Odoiporus longicollis, Oliv. 



References. — Sphenophonts planipennis, Gvil.in Schonh. Gen. Cure, iv, p. 911 ; Ind. Mus. Notes, ii, p. 151. 



Habitat. — Cevlon. I took the beetle in Sikkim. 



Tree Attacked.— Coco-nut [Cocos nncifcra). 



Beetle. — Elongate, rather narrow. Light brown, darker beneath ; head and anterior 

 margin of prothorax black. Head small, rostrum long, antennae inserted near base. Pro- 

 thorax longer than wide ; disk flat, smooth, with a few scattered 

 Description. punctures, denser laterally. Elytra strongly striate-punctate ; disk 



flat, apex truncate, the apices separately rounded and leaving 

 exposed a large punctate pygidium, constricted posteriorly. Under-surface smooth, shining, 

 punctures scattered. Length, 13 mm. to 22 mm. 



This beetle was reported by Nietner to injure the coconut-tree in 

 Ceylon. I do not know upon what it feeds in Sikkim. 



Odoiporus sp. 



Reference. — Stebbing, Injur. Ins. Ind. For. p. 59 {1899). 



Habitat. — Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya. 



Tree Attacked. — -Preng Bamboo {Arundinaria aristata). Sikkim, 5,500 ft. 



Beetle. — A pretty elongate rosy-pink coloured weevil, the elytra leaving exposed the 

 pygidium. 



I first took specimens of this weevil towards the end of April 1896, at 

 an elevation of about 5,500 ft., in Sikkim. The beetles 



Life History. were found clinging to the stems of the preng bamboo, 



which is found in the forests of this locality. The 

 shoots of stems subsequently examined were found to be eaten out by weevil 

 grubs, the beetle when mature boring through the stem to escape. 



The hillmen informed me that considerable damage was done to bam- 

 boos in this way by an insect which had all the appearance of being this 

 particular weevil. 



The insect proved new to the Indian Museum collections. 



Calandra. 



Calandra sculpturata, Gyll. 



{The Acorn Weevil.) 



Rekekknces.— Gyll. Schonh. Gen. Cure. iv. p. 94 (1S3S) ; B. O. Coventry, Ind. Forester, xxviii 



p. 3SS (1902). 



Habitat. — North West Himalaya. 



Tree Attacked. — Ban Oak {Qitercusincana). Mussoorie (B. O. Coventry). 



