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the Dedruclion of Cocoanut palms hy Beetles^ Sinf^apore, 1889. It sliows 

 the dilapidated appearance which a cocoanut estate presents when suffer- 

 ing from the attack of the beetles Rhyncho'pliorus fetrugineiis , Oliv., and 

 Oryctes rhinoceros, Linn, These insects are referred to in these Notes, 

 volume II, pages 8, 9, 149, and 151, the various stages of Jxhyncho- 

 phorus ferrngiueus, Oliv., beinij;' figured in volume IT, page S. 



The above represents a species of Scolytidse belonging to thi genus 

 Volngraphus (allied to P. puhescens cf Euroj)e), which has been reported 

 as tunnelling into the bark of Finns excelsa trees in the North-West 

 Himalayas. The figures show the larva and imago enlarged, also much 

 magnified diagrams of the antenna and legs of the beetle. Ihe topmost 

 leg is the front one. 



