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SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



I ig. 156. Bruchus tlieobromtv. Tin- -mall figure shows the 



natural size. (( Iriginal.) 



Lifehistory. — Not known. Probably in stored semis. 



Remarks. — Specimens from Coimbatore agree with an example 

 received from Pusa under the name of theobromee, Fb. 



\i i IE. — There are apparently various other species of Brut bids. 

 some of which infest stored seeds and others which live in seeds 

 in the held, but it is not yet possible to give exact names of the 

 various species. 



CARYOBORUS GONAGRA, Fab. 

 Bruchus gonagr a, Fab.. Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 159(1798). 

 Caryoborus gottagra, Lefroy, End. Ins. IVsts, p. 255.1'. 309, Ind. 

 Ins. Life, p. 351, f. 224 : Ind. Mus. Notes, 111, 14 15. 



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Fig. 157. — Caryoborus gonagr a. [*h< small figure shows the 

 natural size. « Iriginal.) 



Distribution I iodavari, Kurnul, Bellary, Coimbatore. Chingleput ; 

 all the year round ; generally in February and March on Tamarind. 



