DIORYCTUS. 
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30G. Dioryctus nigroplagiatus, Jac. (Atropidius) Ann. Sue. Ent. Bely . 
xlvii, 1903, p. 92. 
Beneath piceous ; basal joints of antennae and legs fulvous; 
head and thorax black; elytra flavous, a broad transverse band at 
base and another behind the middle, black. 
Head flat, extremely minutely punctured, opaque ; vertex with 
short central groove ; elypeus fulvous ; 
antennae with basal five joints fulvous, 
rest black, terminal joints only slightly- 
widened. Thorax strongly transverse, 
sides nearly straight, median lobe acute, 
entire, surface very closely and finely 
punctured. Elytra with lateral lobes 
acutely produced and angulate, finely 
punctate-striate, the black band at base 
extended along the suture, gradually nar- 
rowed near apex, the posterior band 
widened at the sides, placed behind 
the middle. Legs short, tibiae widened 
at apex. Prosternum deeply concave, 
lateral margins strongly carinate, metasternum closely punctured. 
Var. Head and thorax fulvous, elytral bands indicated only by 
some obscure spots. 
Length 2 mm. 
Hab. Nilgiris. 
307. Dioryctus castaneus, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 1892, 
p. 888 . 
Beddish-brown ; basal joints of antennae and tarsi flavous. 
Beneath dark fulvous. 
Robust, subcylindrical and strongly convex. Head flat, closely 
and finely punctured; eyes moderately deeply emarginate; antennae 
not extending beyond base of thorax, basal six joints flavous, rest 
black. Thorax strongly transverse, sides rounded, narrowed an- 
teriorly, basal margin sinuate at sides, median lobe strongly pro- 
duced and pointed; surface extremely closely punctured, the 
punctures of different sizes. Scutellum not visible. Elytra dark 
fulvous, with strongly produced epipleural lobes, extreme basal 
and lateral margins (anteriorly) black, disc regularly punctate- 
striate, interstices finely punctured. Prosternum with strongly 
raised lateral margins, broader than long. 
Length 2| mm. 
Hab. Burma : Karennee. 
Allied to D. mouhoti , Baly, but only half the size and with the 
elytral interstices punctured ; thoracic sculpture also different. 
308. Dioryctus analis, sp. n. 
Fulvous ; breast and abdomen blade, apical abdominal segment- 
fulvous. 
Fig. 7ff — Dioryctus 
nigroplag iatus. 
