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for instance, during the rainy weather and breeding in it steadily till 
much is lost, Lcemophlceus pusillus , F., is a brown beetle which has 
been reared from larvae in dried fruit 
and in ship’s biscuit in Calcutta. 
Lcemotmetus ferrugineus, Gerst., was 
recorded as feeding upon cut cane 
and probably habitually feeds upon 
sap. L. insignis , Grouv., was found 
in the wood of a tree bored by 
Sinoxylon and is probabl y equally 
harmless. Hectarthrum heros, F. 
(brevifossum, Newm.) is a larger 
black beetle, found under tree bark 
and in wood tunnelled by borers. 
About twenty species are recorded 
as Indian, and many remain to be 
„ recorded when they are more col- 
Fig. 179. —SlLVANUS SURJNA- J 
men sis, x 20. lected. 
Fig. 181.— Cucujus 
HiEMATODES LARVA. 
{From Chapu is.) 
Fig. 180.— Silvanus su- 
RINAMBNSIS, LARVA, X 20. 
