COLEOPTER \. 



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Distribution. Probably throughout Southern India all thi 

 round. 



Lifehistory. Eggs are laid in or on animal matter on which the 

 larvae live. These are greyish-white, with a brown head, and a 

 series ol brown patches above, separated by a paler dorsal stripe 

 P11 pa tii mi in a glistening, paper-like cocoon 



Food. Animal matter, especially dried meats such as Hams or 

 Bacon. Found abundantly in Fish manure, both al the pla< e ol 

 preparation on the Malabar coast and in Fish Manure distributed 

 inland. 



Status. Scarcely a pest. 



BUPRESTID T. 



PSILOPTERA I- \.M I OS \. Kb. 

 Buprestis fastuosa, Fab., Syst. Em., p. 216 (1774). 

 Psiloptera fastuosa, I.M.N., II. 45. Ill, No. 6, p. 3. fig ; Stebbing, nd 

 Forest. Hull. No. 12, pp. 7 9, t. 2. 



I i'.. 1 in. Buprestis fast m 



figure show - thr 



Distribution. Throughout the Plains of Southern India. 

 Lifehistory. Tin larva i> a borer in the wood of trees. 

 Foouplant. Teak, and probablj other trei 



Status. Stated to have damaged the Government Teak Planta- 

 tions at Nilambur in January 1800. 

 c out rot. ? 



