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APPENDIX B. 
OTHER INSECT ENEMIES OF RUBBER. 
With the exception of Termes gestroi both Para rubber and 
Rambong are singularly free from insect pests of all uei oad 
MM following are the eue species that have been noticed as doin 
d in all cases the damage has been quite ыал. xut 
CE little tendency to spread. 
l. Ewmeces squamosus. —A weevil about 1 inch long and covered 
with powdery scales of a greenish or yellowish tint, which are readily 
rubbed off, when the insect becomes of a dull black colour. The adults 
cause be ed by defoliating the trees, but the grubs are harmless. 
Dese in the “ Agricultural Bulletin" for January and July, 1904. 
2. Anthribid sp.—A mottled grey and black beetle about 1l inch 
m 
long, with antenns ide the male) more than twice the length of the 
body, but shorter than half the body in the female ; head of large size, 
the 
elongated, and set at right angles to t y. Very common in this 
country. А single specimen was — emerging from the trunk of a 
ra tree, and others have been seen flying about pes qim The 
larvee of this family of рой ате дыш иы feeders on 
З. Epepeotes luscus.—Size very variable from { to 15 inch ; antennze 
re than twice the length of the body ; general eolour blackish, 
mottled with pale cream, a velvety Mack spot on each shoulder, 
surro у & narrow cream line. A very common species, the 
* larve, Tike those of the majority of the Longicorns, feeding on wood. 
Fo с опсе on the trunk of a Para rubber tree. 
4. Clytanthus annularis. FE eae corn). ux narrow insect about + 
to 3 inch long by 2; inch o s broad ; antenne filiform, not so long 
as the body ; general E. r mustard ie varied with black. A 
йш and wide-spread insect, found once ovipositing on the stems 
of Para seedlings. "marum “closely allied to the coffee borer of 
Southern India. 
5. Aspidiotus sp.—A scale insect Saisie belonging to this genus 
has once been noted on Para, but nothing more has been heard of it. 
Small beetles of the families Bostrychide and Scolytide 
frequently attack the bark of Para rubber. Their efforts seem, 
however, to Xs Rn ustrated by the latex, which exuding Pon the wounds 
coagulates d the head of the beetle and stops further progress 
7. The е of а small moth, greyish-brown in colour with a 
org tinge, "— about $ of an inch in spread, has sometimes been 
feeding o; ng d may mue attack Para. The 
viera a p be closely allied not identieal with, 
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habits of the larve and the damage at present effected is hardl 
noticeable. 
It wil be unwise, however, to allow taban to be planted in the 
immediate vicinity € either of Para or Rambong. 
