FAMILY CUCUJIDAE 117 



Hectarthrum uniforme, Waterh. 

 Habitat. Salween River, Tenasserim. 



Habits. I took some specimens of this beetle from beneath the bark 

 of a large dead standing Milnisa velutina tree on Kowloon Island in the 

 Salween River on 9 March 1905. The tree was infested and the sapwood 

 riddled by a species of termite, a few wood-boring larvae being present. The 

 Hectarthrum was feeding upon the termites. The insect is shown in fig. 13. 



LAEMOTMETUS. 

 Laemotmetus insignis, Grouvelle. 



REFERENCE. Grouvelle, Ind. Mus. Xotes, Hi, i, p. 22. 



Habitat. Thana District, Bombay. 



Tree Infested. Terminalia belerica : Thana District (F. Gleadow) ; 

 Terminalia tomcntosa : Seoni, Central Provinces. 



Beetle. Elongate, shining, red-brown. Head depressed, a median cleft in front, finely 

 punctate. Eyes placed at sides on under-surface near base. Prothorax convex, constricted, and 

 rounded behind, anterior edge straight ; punctate. Elytra elongate, parallel, conjointly 

 rounded, strongly striate, and finely punctate. Under-surface shining, punctate ; legs lighter- 

 coloured. Length, 8.5 mm. to 9 mm. 



Specimens of this small beetle were sent to the Indian Museum, 



Calcutta, in February 1891 by Mr. F. Gleadow, I.F.S. 



Life History. Mr. Gleadow reported that he found them infesting the 



Terminalia belerica in the Thana district in company 



with a wood-boring Sinoxylon beetle. 



In September 1901 I obtained specimens of the insect from galleries ot 

 Sinoxylon crassum in a Terminalia toinentosa pole sent me from Seoni, in the 

 Central Provinces. 



INOPEPLUS. 

 Inopeplus sp. 



Habitat. Katha, Upper Burma. 

 Tree Infested. Schima noronhae. Kadu Hill, Kuth.i. 



Beetle. Elongate, narrow, Hat. Kright copper-coloured, with abnormally long antennae. 

 Head and prothorax small, narrow, punctate. Elytra much broader, sides para lid. apex 

 rounded, striate-punctate. Length, 8.10 mm. 



I found this beetle in numbers beneath the kirk of a felled Sclnnui 



noroiihtic tree, in the teak forest on the K;i<lu Hill. 



Life History. Katha, towards the end of February 1905. The kist 



and sapwood of the tree were fresh, and the beetles 



may be sap feeders. 



