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SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



Distribution. — Throughout the Hill districts of Southern India. 

 Usually two broods about March and October. 



Lifehistory and Foodplant. Eggs laid in stems of Coffee-bushes 

 .1 1» nit ground-level. Grubs bore in stems and branches, being well 

 known in Coffee districts as "the Borer." 



Status. A serious pesl to Coffee. 



Control. Cutting out of attacked hushes, collection of adult bee- 

 tles by hand, regulation of shade over coffee, scraping and white- 

 washing of bushes just before eggs are due to be laid. 



BATOCERA RL'BUS, Linn. 



Cerambyx rubus, Linn.. Syst. Nat., II, 625 (ed. XII) (1767). 

 Batocera rubra, Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Life, p. 375, f. 245 ; Green, 

 Ceylon Agri. Dept. Bull. No. 3 (Jan. 1913). 



Fig. 1 79. Batocera rubus. (< Iriginal.) 



Distribution. Throughout Southern India. Seems to emerge at 

 the beginning of rains, in May and October. 



Lifehistory. Eggs are laid in or under hark and the grubs 

 tunnel into the stem or roots of the tree attacked. The larva] stage 

 probably lasts over a long time possibly several years. When 

 lull-fed it pupates in its tunnel, the pupal stage lasting about one 

 month, 



Foodplant. Occurs commonly in Mango. Also attacks Duki 

 Fig, Silk Cotton [Bombax malabaricum], Hevea (Para) Rubber. 



