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Borers, p. 103 ; Lesne, 1938, in Junk (pub.), Coleopt. Cat., pt. 161, p. 68; Lever, 

 1945, Bui. Ent. Res. 35 (4) : 375. 



Male. — Brown or black, shining; elytra reddish, paler on basal 

 half ; antennae, palpi, tarsi, and sides and apex of abdomen, brownish 

 yellow. 



Head slightly convex, sometimes slightly, transversely depressed 

 behind eyes, unarmed on front, densely, finely granulose and sparsely 

 clothed with short, recumbent, whitish hairs on front, with fine, longi- 

 tudinal, parallel costae on occiput; clypeus finely, densely punctate, 

 depressed at middle along posterior margin ; clypeal suture depressed 

 at middle, obsolete at sides. Antenna 10-segmented ; first segment 

 twice as long as second ; third to seventh segments united as long as, 

 or longer than first ; eighth to tenth segments sparsely clothed with 

 short, recumbent, yellowish hairs, with distinct, round, sensory de- 

 pressions on each surface, the apical segment oval. 



Pronotum distinctly wider than long, widest at basal third; sides 

 broadly rounded, more strongly converging anteriorly, with a small, 

 unciform tooth at apical angles; posterior angles obtusely angulated; 

 lateral margins arcuate, not sinuate near base ; surface glabrous, im- 

 punctate at sides on basal half, sparsely, finely, irregularly punctate 

 on median part of basal half, densely, irregularly dentate on apical 

 half, the teeth broad, semierect, variable in size, and rasplike, with 

 a few larger teeth on each side near apical angles. 



Elytra at base subequal in width to pronotum at basal third ; sides 

 slightly expanded posteriorly, conjointly broadly rounded at apices; 

 surface glabrous, finely, densely punctate on basal half, transversely 

 rugose at sides near apical declivity, densely, finely granulose on apical 

 declivity ; apical declivity abruptly, obliquely deflexed, flattened, with- 

 out tubercles or callosities, the lateral margins strongly elevated pos- 

 teriorly, but obliterated on inner third of declivity ; sutural margins 

 strongly , narrowly, uniformly elevated on apical declivity. 



Abdomen beneath finely, densely punctate, densely clothed with 

 rather long, recumbent, whitish hairs; first visible sternite longitu- 

 dinally carinate on anterior half ; last visible sternite broadly rounded 

 at apex. 



Female. — Similar to the male except that the last visible abdominal 

 sternite is vaguely emarginate at the apex. 



Length 3-4.5 mm., width 1.4-1.6 mm. 



Type locality. — Tahiti; type probably in the Paris Museum. 



Distribution. — This species has been recorded from Madagascar, 

 German East Africa, Assam, Annam, Comores, Borneo, New Guinea, 

 Indo-China, Australia, Tahiti, Fiji, and the Maurice Islands. Speci- 

 mens were intercepted at New York, April 13, 1939, in Cryptocarya 

 palmerstoni logs from Australia, but so far as known, has not become 

 established in the United States. 



Hosts. — Fairmaire (1850) described this species from material 

 collected on Hybiscus tiliacea y and Lever (1945) recorded it as attack- 

 ing the trunks and branches of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) in Fiji. 



Lesne (1901) places affinis Brancsik n as a synonym of catanop- 

 tera. The writer has not seen the description of affmis. 



"Brancsik, C. beitrage zur kentniss nossibes tjnd dessen ftjana nach 



SENDUNGEN, TJND MITTHEILTTNGEN DES HERN P. FRET. Jahrb. der Naturw. Ver. 



des Trencsin. Comil. 15 : 235, 1893. 



