2i6 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. IX^ 1913-] 



51. Araecerus fasciculatus, Degeer (1775). 



Curculio fasciculatus, Degeer, Mem. Hi«t. Ins. 5, p. 276, no. 10, 

 t. 16, fig. 2 (1775) (Surinam). 



Degeer 's figure does not resemble the insect generally identi- 

 fied as fasciculatus. 



Some specimens from Peradeniya, Ceylon, 5-vi-igio, and 

 Calcutta. At the latter place the larva was found tunnelling in 

 betel- nut {Areca catechu). 



