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apical declivity, apical declivity with sutural margins slightly, uni- 

 formly elevated, the lateral submargins joined to lateral margins at 

 anterior margin of declivity; each elytron with three more or less 

 distinct costiform tubercles along anterior margin of apical declivity. 



Abdomen beneath finely, densely punctate, densely clothed with 

 short, recumbent, yellowish hairs ; last visible sternite vaguely emar- 

 ginate at apex, with narrow, smooth lateral pieces. 



Female— ^Differs from the male in having the front of the head 

 and clypeus densely clothed with long and erect hairs, and the last 

 visible abdominal sternite distinctly emarginate at the apex, with the 

 lateral pieces smaller and pubescent. 



Length 6-8.5 mm., width 2.5-3 mm. 



Type locality. — Of flavipes, Africa ; type was in the Zoological Mu- 

 seum at Berlin. Of sinuata, England; type in the British Museum. 

 Of dominicana. East Indies : location of type unknown to writer. Of 

 mutilatus, Ceylon: type either in the British Museum or the Hope 

 Museum at Oxford. 



Distribution. — This species is widely distributed throughout India, 

 Indo-China. Madagascar and neighboring islands, and in the Indo- 

 Malaysian region, west of the channel separating Ceram from New 

 Guinea. It has been recorded in the literature from India, Ceylon, 

 Indo-China, Siam. Malay Peninsula, Formosa, Sumatra, Java, Bor- 

 neo, Celebes, Philippines, Amboine, Arou Islands, Ceram, Xicobar 

 Islands, Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Seychelles, Reunion or Bourbon 

 Islands, and Mauritius. Adults of this species have been found in 

 wood in England, Xatal, Arabia, and Zanzibar imported from the 

 Malaysian region. This species has been intercepted at Los Angeles 

 and San Francisco, Calif., and Seattle, Wash., in Philippine mahog- 

 any from the Philippines, and at Boston, Mass.. in wooden cases from 

 Batavia. So far as known, this species is not established in the United 

 States. 



Hosts.— Beeson and Bhatia (1937) recorded this species attacking 

 the following plants: ATbizzia odoratissima, Anacardium occidentals 

 Bombax malabaricum, Butea frondosa, Canarium strictum, Diptero- 

 carpus turbinatus, Eugenia jambolana, Ficus glomerata, F. religiosa. 

 Hevea sp., Hopea odorata. H. parviflora. Lannea grandis, Machilus 

 odoratissima, Mallotus philippinensis, Mangifera indica, Myristica 

 longifolia, Parishia insignis, Phyllanthus emblica. Poinciana elata. 

 Quercus sp., Shorea robusta, Terminalia bialata, T . myriocarpa. T . 

 paniculata, T. tomentosa, Theobroma cacao, Vateria indica, V. lan- 

 ceae folia, Vitis vinifera, and Pterocarpus indicus. Miller (1934) re- 

 corded it from candlenut (Aleurites triloba Forst.) . Froggatt (1927) 

 stated that although not a native of Australia, it is very common in 

 the seasoned sapwood of Pacific maple {Shorea sp.) , a timber imported 

 in large quantities from the Philippines. 



Stephens (1830) described sinuata from a specimen taken beneath 

 the bark of a tree in Epping Forest, England, probably previously 

 introduced in timber from the Orient. Lesne (1901) placed domini- 

 canus Fabricius, sinuatus Stephens, religiosae Fairmaire (part), and 

 mutilatus Walker as synonyms of fiavipes Illiger. Both favipes II- 

 liger and dominicanus Fabricius were described in the same year, bur 

 Lesne (1901, p. 621) points out that the preface to parts 1 and 2 of 

 the Illiger Magazine is dated March 1801, whereas the first volume of 

 Systema Eleutheratorum is dated April 10, 1801. 



