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9. Pissodes notatus, Fabr. 

 a. Description. 



Beetle 7 to 8 mm. long, of a reddish-brown colour, and 

 irregularly sprinkled with bright- coloured squamous hairs ; 

 prothorax with about 8 yellowish-white spots, its hind-angles 

 acute ; elytra with impressed lines of punctures and two broad 

 ferruginous or whitish bands, the anterior one interrupted at 

 the suture. 



1). Life-history. 



Period of flight : April, May and June. The eggs are laid 

 in the two latter months, generally on the stems of young 



Fig. 96. Pissodes notatus, Fabr. 

 a and b Imago. c Larva. d Pupa. 



coniferous plants and preferably on the lowest internodes, but 

 also on the trunk or roots of older plants, on felled trees and 

 stacks of firewood, and on cones. 



The larvae appear 3 or 4 weeks afterwards, in June and July, 

 and live between the bark and wood, pupating in their burrows 

 at the beginning of August. 



The beetles emerge from the middle of August to the end of 

 September, and hibernate at the roots, between cracks in the 

 bark, under moss, litter, or in the ground. 



Larvae and pupae of this insect may also be met with during 

 the winter, and the beetles from these appear in the spring. 

 Generation single. The insect is widely spread, but less com- 

 mon than Hylobius. This is decidedly the case in Britain, 



