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America, who said that the insect figured at the top of page 123 of 

 vol. iii of Indian Museum Notes as infesting Terminalia belerica was the 

 same species. This insect had been sent by Mr. F. Gleadow, of the 

 Indian Forest Service, as tunnelling into the wood of Terminalia belerica. I 

 consider it improbable that the two insects are identical, and in this opinion 

 M. Lesne is in accord with me. He apparently had never seen the Dar- 

 jeeling species before, for he writes (concerning my specimens): " II y a 

 parmi ces insectes une forme embarrassante et dont on ne peut guere parler 

 avant d'avoir des materiaux plus satisfaisants." * Mr. Gleadow's insects are, 

 I think, Sinoxylon an ale. 



The specimens bred out at the Indian Museum in 1900, and recorded by 

 de Niceville in vol. v, p. 113, as sent to America, do not appear to have 

 reached M. Lesne. 



LYCTUS. 



Lyctus spinifrons, Lesne. 



REFERENCE. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 303 (1910). 



Habitat. Seoni, Central Provinces. 



Tree Attacked. Terminalia tomentosa. Seoni. 



Beetle. Elongate, parallel ; ferruginous, testaceous. Dorsal 

 pubescence very fine and dense. Front of head punctate, the 



punctures containing fine hairs, furnished 

 Description. with teeth. Antenna with joints three to 



six of funiculus thin, elongated ; seven 



to nine gradually widening ; joints of club broader. Prothorax 

 widest in front, where it is slightly wider than elytra ; anterior 

 angles toothed, posterior angles very sharp ; strongly convex 

 anteriorly, with a median longitudinal line in posterior half ; disk 

 punctate. Scutellum shining. Elytra very finely punctate. Abdo- 

 men very finely pubescent. Length, 2.3 to 3.2 mm. 



I took specimens of this insect in September 



1901 from galleries in the wood 



Life History. of a Termintilia tomentosa post. 



The post, a section of which is 



shown in pi. x, was badly infested by Sinoxylon 



crassum and this Lyctus and a number of predaceous foes already described. 

 The insect proved to be new to science, undescribed specimens being 

 present in the Collection A. Grouvelle in the Pans Museum. These had 

 come from Calcutta. 



Lyctus sp. 



Specimens of a species of Lyctns which may l>c identical with the above 

 were taken from bamboos (Dcmlrocalamn* strictus} in K.iipur (Central 

 Provinces) in June and in the Siwaliks in Si-|>trml>i:r 1901. 



* In a subsequent communication M. Lesne informed me that he had identified the ins. a 

 as .5". tignaritim. E. P. S. 



9003 M 



FIG. 121. 







