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Control.— Injection of mixture of two parts Chloroform to one 

 part Creosote into larval tunnels where accessible. Collection of 

 adull beetles by hand. The beetles are often attracted to light at 

 night. 



NOTE. The specific name rubus is apparently a proper name. 



( a LOSTERNA SPIN VI'nR. Fb. 

 Lamia spinator, Fl>.. Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 1 45 I '798). 

 vlosterna spinator, Lefroy, End. Ins. Life. p. 375. 



Fig. 180. Ccelosterna spinator. rhe small figure shows the 

 natural inal.l 



Distribution. Bangalore, South Arcot, Tinnevelly ; probablj 

 throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory and Foodplants. Grub bores in Babul I Acacia arabicaj, 

 Casnarina, and Pomegranate. The adult beetles illy eat 



I). irk of cotton-plants, twigs of apple, ros< 



Status, A minorpest. Does a good deal ol damage when 

 abundant, .1^ it is sometimes. 



CCELOS1 ERNA S< VBRATOR, Fb. 

 Lamia scabrator, Fab., Sp. Ins.. I. 224 (1781). 

 ostema icabrata, Lefroy, Ind. Ins. I 

 V. S [yer, Ind. Forest. Bull. No. 11. pp. 7 8, 1.4. ff., 2 a, 2 I). 



