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Status. — A pest ol verj considerable local importance, from 10 to 

 30 per cent, of the capsules being bored and destroyed In the 

 beetle. 



Control. — No definite measures, beyond collection and destruc- 

 tion of attacked capsules, can be recommended pending local 

 investigation of the work. 



XYLEBORUS FORNICATUS, Eich. 



(Shot-hole Borer.) 



Xyleborus fornicatus, Eichhoff, Berl. Km. Zeits. (1868), 151 ; 

 Barlow. I.M.X., IV. 57 58, t. 5, f. 2; Green, Perad. Circ. II. No. 9, 

 tab.; Watt and Mann, Pests of Tea, pp. 174 177.1.4.1.2. 





1 Kyleborus fornicatus. (Aftei Indian Museum Nol 



Distribution. Travancore (Pirmad and High Rat 



Lifehistory. The beetle bore- in sit-ins ol Ih ing plants and lavs 

 its eggs in the galleries. The larva is about 4 mm. long, legless, 

 fleshy, white. Pupa soft, creamy-white, in the galleries, without 

 cocoon. Only the female beetle is provided with wings and able 

 to fly. 



Foodplants. Tea, Annatto (Bixa orellana); also occasional!) in 

 Grevillea, Albizzia stipulata and . I. moluccana. Cacao (Theobroma 

 cacao), Guava (Psidium guyava), Cinchona. Eryt/irina, ' 

 and doubtfully in Lantana. (Green.) 



Status. The Shot-hole Borer. SO called because its galleries 

 resemble the effects caused by firing a charge of small shot into 

 wood, is said nol to be common in Travancore and presumably does 

 little damage. 



