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FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE 



white blotches on them, and there are two bright orange spots on the thorax. It differs also 

 on the under-side in having a broad white marginal band round the abdomen extending to the 



head, thus being unlike the 

 uniform colouring of the 

 other specimens. Length, 

 46 mm. ; breadth, 13 mm. 

 The first described speci- 

 mens were identified for 

 me by Mr. C. O. Water- 

 house, of the British Mu- 

 seum, as A. germari. I 

 have not seen the 1898 

 beetle. The difference in 

 markings may be due to a 

 difference in sex only. 

 Fig. 249 shows : a, the 

 larva ; b, the pupa ; and 

 c, the imago. 



Larva. The larva is a 

 long, white, thick grub, 

 with a well-developed head, 

 powerful mandibles, and 

 large thoracic segments. 

 It is legless, and when 

 fully developed is about 

 3 in. in length and 5 in. 

 across the thoracic seg- 

 ments. 



FlG. 249. Apriona Germari, Hope. a, larva ; b, pupa ; 

 c, beetle. \. Changa Manga. 



The notes on the life history of A. germari are drawn up from careful 



observations made by Mr. B. O. Coventry, I.F.S., 



Life History. when in charge of the Shahdera Plantation, from 



investigations made by myself during a visit paid to the 



area, and from the correspondence on the subject by Messrs. C. G. Rogers, 



I.F.S., and Coventry, published in the Indian Forester.* 



The larva of this beetle infests stems of the mulberry (Mortis indica). 

 Its presence in the trees had been known for some years (Mr. Rogers 

 mentions finding it in 1892), but neither the pupae nor beetles were dis- 

 covered at the Shahdera Plantation till specimens of both were taken by 

 Mr. B. O. Coventry in 1897. 



Larvae of all sizes are present in the stems at all times of the year, 

 this clearly denoting that they take a year or more to mature. Both pupae 

 and beetles were found in the middle of July, but none of the latter are said 

 to be discoverable in the stems in August. It is thus probable that the 

 beetle's Right-time is at the commencement of the rainy season. As the 

 perfect insect is not to be found later on in the year, it probably at once 

 pairs and lays eggs on the bark of the stems. The young grubs eat their 



Ind. Forester, vol. xxiv, pp. 203, 204, and 341-345 ; xxv, pp. 68, 69. 



