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FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE 



Beetle. Small, yellowish brown, mottled with black specks ; the elytra with a trans- 

 verse dull white patch inclined inwards towards apex in apical half. Head deeply cleft 



on front; antennae with ist joint swollen, 



Description. 2nd very short, 3rd longer than any of 



rest, the joints decreasing in length from 



4th. Prothorax with a slight longitudinal median carina ; irregularly 

 punctate. Elytra wider than thorax at base, slightly constricted 

 from base, wider medianly, thence constricted and rounded apically ; 

 striate and finely and irregularly punctate, the striae most prominent 

 in lateral portions ; the whole of upper surface clothed with a 

 short stiff yellow or grey pubescence. Under-surface of abdomen 

 clothed with a long, dense, yellowish pubescence. Length, 8 mm. 

 to 12 mm. 



This insect was taken from the bark of Anoseissus 



FIG. 242. 



Hyagnis fistitlariits, 



Pasc. Satara. 



latifolia, and is thought to be one 

 Life History. of the longicorns whose grubs attack the bast and 

 sapwood of this tree in Satara. The insect was taken 

 by Mr. Young, the Range Officer, in June 1909. 



