


6. Foop-PLAnts. 

XX. “perforant has bedi found in mahogany and cacao- trees, in 
atropha, sugar-cane, the wood and corks of rum, beer, and wine ca 
m is prob bably a general feeder in all dead but not dry woody 
Ms $ H: Hart, of Trinidad, or s (18) that it is found i in quantity i 
This o i 













agre 
sionally attacks dry wood as a perfect insect. 
The wood of boxes sent to England containing canes full of live 
beetles in all stages was quite Mgr ond I have not succeeded 
No remedy based on the supposition that it-only feeds on sugar-eane 
is likely to be successful. 
7. Lire Histónt AND | Hasire OF Scoryrnæ. ; 3 » 
TNR CULA siu in in general differ from thier beetles i 
that the female burrows into the tree to lay he 





= t 
ing a ril alo grea 
e [oem th. ‘She 1 p her eggs i n small cavities Mosel e pe ‘altern 
either side of this tunnel, which takes some weeks to excavate, e, 

n 
inm&tes grow their burrows widen, and generally take on an irre 
atterns F Sabres are s fairly constant for the same Sp 
Boat are often k known as 
The up to 
a 8 stu ofi Tranching gl ples in which they lay the eggs, o! 
'The grubs do no boring on their own account, but feed in 
ic exuding from 
