22 Indian Forest Records. [Vol. VIII. 
Messrs Steel Brothers stated in 1913 that the borer is regular in this 
division and possibly to a greater extent in government plantations than 
elsewhere. Considerable damage to teak plantations is recorded in the 
Report on Forest Administration in Burma for 1909-10, p. 30, para. 
43, and Report on Forest Administration for 1911-12, p. 26, para 86. 
The rainfall in this district is 150—200 inches. Early references 
to the occurrence of the borer are given on p. 5. 
26. Atamn and 27. South Tenasserim. 
There is general agreement that the borer is absent. The rainfall 
is + 200 inches. 
SUMMARY. 
The geographical distribution of the borer in Burma seems to be 
coincident with the distribution of the teak; general opinion considers 
it to be most abundant in the more richly stocked teak-bearing forests, in 
patches of pure teak growth and in certain types of moist forest. It 
occurs in localities with rainfall between 50 and 150 inches and with ele¬ 
vations of 250 to 2,000 feet, but decreases in abundance towards the dry 
zone and towards regions of high elevation and rainfall, i.e. towards the 
boundaries of the habitat of teak. 
Mr A. Rodger considers that the borer is worst in the following forests : 
Mohnyin, Katha, Hsipaw State, Mawkmai State at 2,000/ West of the 
Upper Chindwin and Pyinmana East Bank Forests. 
Java. 
The attack of Duomitus ceramicus on teak in Java was recorded first 
in 1899 (van Braam, 1899) and again from 1902 onwards by subsequent 
writers. (Salverda, 1902 ; Sorauer, 1908 ; Konigsberger, 1908, 1915). 
Milward (1915, p. 3) states that “ teak in Java suffers very little from 
defoliation or beehole borers.” Beekman (1919, p. 5 et seq) says “ In 
the practical utilisation of teak timber in the Dutch East Indies very 
little attention has so far been paid to beeholes ; the value of the timber 
on the market is not depreciated for this reason .Practically 
the injury is at present of little importance, but this may however quickly 
change when the timber trade begins to pay more attention to it,” 
[p. 6]. He further notes that the borer is fairly commonly distributed 
in Java, but cannot be numerous in natural forest since trees up to 100 
years and over show only a few beeholes per tree. In plantations on the 
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