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is about three-fourths complete would be the best time to go round large 

 areas. If the work is delayed longer, the larvae from the first-laid eggs will 

 have left what remains of the small rolls and have gone into the ground, 

 and it will then be too late to take steps against them unless ploughing 

 or hoeing be resorted to, both of which would probably be out of the 

 question as involving too large an outlay. 



Apoderus ? sp. 



Habitat. South Coimbatore, Madras. 

 Tree Attacked. Dalbergia latifolia. Mount Stuart, South Coimbatore. 



Beetle. Unknown. 



Egg. -Large, egg-shaped, orange-yellow in colour. Length, i.c mm. 



Larva. Canary-yellow, shining, legless, the outer covering consisting of a fairly hard 

 chitinous layer. Head yellowish brown with brown mouth-parts. Last three segments 

 whitish to smoky. The thoracic segments are not much larger than the head, the first 

 abdominal segment being enlarged, the succeeding ones tapering gradually to the anal one. 

 Length, 4.7 mm. 



I have not taken this weevil in the imago stage, I think. It is probably 

 distinct from the species of Attelabus dealt with below. 



Life History. For one thing its life history was in a more advanced 

 stage, oviposition being over and in many cases the eggs 



hatched out towards the end of July, whereas the other weevils studied 

 at the same time were still feeding and pairing and ovipositing in the forest. 



The insect here treated of defoliates the Dalbergia latifolia in a manner 

 similar to that of the Apoderus of the sissu (D. sissoo} in Northern India, 

 cutting and rolling up the leaves as already described on page 419. 



The D. latifolia trees in the forests round Mount Stuart were being 

 heavily attacked towards the end of July 1902, enormous numbers of 

 the leaves of the trees being rolled up in the egg-laying operations of 

 the beetles. 



Apoderus ? sp. 



Habitat. Moulmein, Tenasserim, Burma. 



Tree Attacked. Cassia siautea. Moulmein, Tenasserim. 



Beetle. Elongate, greyish, the female larger than the male insect. 



This weevil was found defoliating the leaves of Cassia siainea on 

 5 March 1905. The beetles eat more or less roundish patches out of the 

 edges of the leaves. Both sexes were present, and the insects were 

 coupling. 



ATTELABUS. 

 Attelabus discolor, Fahrs. 



K INHERENCE. Fahrs. Schh. Gen. Cure, viii, 2, p. 232. 



Habitat.- -South Coimbatore, Madras. Also reported from Bombay. 

 Tree Attacked. Anogcissus latifolia. Mount Stuart, Anamalai Hills, 

 \Yalayan, South Coimbatore. 



