150 



FAMILY BOSTRYCHIDAE 



unevennesses are left in this long tunnel, which is the egg-tunnel, and is 

 carried round the stem parallel to the outer surface. In this tunnel a pair 



of beetles were usual- 

 ly found, apparently 

 the $ and 2. There 

 is often a depression 

 in the floor of the 

 egg-tunnel just at 

 its juncture with 

 the entrance-tunnel, 

 which may be the 

 pairing chamber. 

 The egg - tunnels 



FIG. 96. 



'Galleries of Hcterobostrvchns hamatipennis in Acacia 

 catechu. United Provinces Terai. (E. P. S.) 



are several inches 

 in length. I have 

 not taken the grubs. 



FIG. 97. 



Xylopertha ? sp. 

 x 5. Seoni. 



XYLOPERTHA. 

 Xylopertha ? sp. 



REFERENCE. Stebbing, Ind. For. xxviii, 287 (1902). 



Habitat. Seoni, Central Provinces. 

 Tree Attacked. Terminalia tomentosa. Seoni. 

 Beetle. Only an immature specimen of this insect has been obtained, 

 superficially resembling a Sino.rylon, yellowish brown in colour, with ten- 

 jointed antennae, the last three joints forming a 

 Description. terminal club, and joints three to seven being to- 



gether longer than the first (eighth) of the club ; the 

 front tarsi covered on their inner surfaces with pubescence. Length, 8 mm. 



A specimen of this insect was cut out of a post of Terminalia tomentosa 

 badly infested by Sinoxylon crassum, at Seoni in the Central Provinces. 



XYLODECTES. 

 Xylodectes ornatus, Lesne. 



'REFERENCES. Lesne, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. p. 19 (1897) ; id - Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 538 (1901). 



Habitat. Kumaun, North India. Also reported from Kadegaon, Bombay ; 

 Madras ; Nilgiris ; Bhamo and Tharrawaddy, Burma ; 

 Tonkin ; Sumatra ; Borneo. 



Tree Attacked. Khair (Acacia catechu). Submontane 

 forests (Jaula Sal), Kumaun. 



Beetle. Elongate, parallel ; reddish yellow ; head, prothorax anteriorly, 

 apical declivity, breast, and base of abdomen black or brown ; elytra with 



lateral anterior margins brown ; antennal club 

 Description. brown. Front of head granulous with a fine 



whitish-yellow pubescence ; prothorax strongly 



constricted in front, rasp-like anteriorly. Elytra glabrous and brilliant 

 dorsally and on sides ; apical declivity circular, strongly punctate, with a 

 fine light yellow or whitish pubescence ; marginal teeth short, wide basally, 



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FIG. 98. 

 -Xylodectes onia- 



fies, Lesne 

 Kumaun, etc 



