FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE 



Beetle. A large stout beetle. $ blackish brown, covered all over with short pubescence 

 of a uniform greyish tint. Antennae not quite twice length of the body, the first joint short 



and thick, not reach- 

 Description, ing to the front mar- 

 gin of the prothorax, 



sharply edged, and angulate in front at the apex ; 

 third half as long again as the first, and strongly 

 thickened from the middle towards the apex ; 

 fourth sub-equal in length to first, thickened 

 less strongly than third ; fifth larger than third, 

 and shorter than sixth ; sixth to eighth sub- 

 equal in length ; ninth and tenth shorter ; 

 eleventh nearly twice as long as tenth ; sixth 

 to tenth angulated at the apex in front, unarmed 

 posteriorly. Prothorax somewhat rounded at 

 the sides, constricted a little behind the apex ; 

 marked with one transverse furrow near the 

 apex, and with two near the base, the whole of 

 the upper surface between the grooves coarsely 

 and irregularly corrugated. Elytra transomely 

 truncate at apex, with the outer angles obtuse, 

 and the sutural ones spined. 



5 smaller than g with shorter antennae, 

 with differences in the sculpture of the pro- 

 thorax. Length, 55 mm. to 63 mm. ; breadth, 

 1 5 mm. to 1 8 mm. Fig. 1 8 7 shows the $ beetle. 



Larva. A long, stout, cylindrical, corru- 

 gated grub, ivory white in colour. Length, 

 about 65 mm. The larva shown in fig. 215 is 

 much shrunken. 



FlG. 214. Massicus nnicolor, Gahan. 

 %. \. Southern Shan States. 



Pupa. Large, stout, yellowish in colour, with a prominent head and prothorax, the 



long thick antennae and 



legs pressed 

 sides and chest. 



against 



the 



FlG. 215. 

 Larva of Massicus nnicolor, Gahan 



FIG. 216. 

 Pupa of Miissici/ 

 color, Gahan. | 



Life History, 



The fact that this 

 insect lives in green 

 oak-trees in the 

 Southern Shan States, 

 at about 5,000 ft. ele- 

 vation, was discovered by Mr. H. W. A. Watson, 

 I.F.S., the Divisional Forest Officer, in 1907, and all 

 that is at present known of the life history of the in- 

 sect is due to his careful and untiring investigations. 

 His observations, which he considers require further 

 careful verification, are as follows : 



" Fertilization takes place apparently in 

 the tunnels. One ? of those sent contained 

 about fifty large eggs. 



