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52. Cari/ohorus gonagra Fabr. — A small brown beetle about the size 

 of a pea. Its larva;, which are little white legless grubs, do some damage 

 to the tamarind i^lamarindns indicu) in Calcutta^ by tunneling into the 

 seed . 



bo. Bruchus sjj. — Said to damage stored poppy {Pajjaver so?n?itfer2im) 

 seed (Scott), 



Ceramdj/cida = Longicornes. 



54. Xylotuechus quadrupes Chevr. — T/^e coffee — lorer of Southern 

 India and the white or Indian horer of Ceylon coffee planters. This 

 is a slender beetle about three quarters of an inch in length; it proved 

 exceedingly destructive to cofiee [Coff'ea arabica) in Southern India 

 abuut the year 1867. As in the case of other Cerambycidse the larva is a 

 white flesh}' legless grub, with powerful jaws and hardened cuticle suitable 

 for its life in the wood of the coffee stem. The damage is due to the 

 holes which the grubs bore into the stems of the coffee bushes. 



55. Coelosterna scabrala Fabr. — The sal girder. Reported as dam- 

 aging sal {Shorea robusia) trees in Oudh. A large thick-set beetle with 

 long antenuse. It damages the tree by ringing the shoots in order to 

 reader them suitable for the reception of its eggs. 



56. Flocederusohesus Gahan. ( = P. j)edestris CoiQs). Reported as 

 tunneling into sal {Shorea rohusia), jingham [Odina Wodier). and into 

 dhak [Btitea frondosa). It is a brown beetle, about an inch and a half 

 in length, with long antennse. When full grown, its larva shelters 

 itself in a curious egg-like case which is to be found in the burrow in the 

 timber. 



57. Neocerambi/x holosericeus Fabr. (= Ceramhyx vatica Thompson). 

 — Reported as attacking sal [Shorea rohttsta) and saj [Terminalia 

 tomentosa) in the North-West Provinces, also teak [Tectona grandis) 

 in Kulsi, Assam. It is a large beetle, covered with golden pubescence. 



58. Stromatium harbatum Fabr. — Noticed as attacking the sapwood 

 of dry khair [Acacia Caiechih) wood in the Dehra Forest School Museum, 

 also packing-cases made of deal wood [Finas s^).) in Calcutta, and grow- 

 ing teak trees [Tectona grandis) in the Kulsi plantation. 



59. Batocera rulms Short. = Curuminga of the Cinghalese. — A large 

 beetle said to tunnel into cocoanut [Cocos micifera) trees (Short). 



60. Batocera sp. Said to bore into the wood of the wild willow tree 

 [Salix ietrasperma) (Thompson). 



61. Monohamiis soongna^\iQnx\)'&o\\ [—Batocera sp.), — Said to attack 

 a number of trees, including the seemul [Bombax malabaricum) ^the soangna 

 [^Joringa pterygospermd), and the roougra [trijthrina suberosa), much 

 injury being often done by it (Thompson). 



