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MYLLOCERUS SP. 
Classification :—Order, COLEOPTERA. Family, Curculionidae. 
This insect was found in company with Apoderus sp. 
defoliating the leaves of the Sissu trees in the Sutlej valley. 
Description. 
The beetle isa brightish grey-pink in colour, about half an 
inchin length. Dorsal surface grey-pink with black hiero- 
glyphic markings on the elytra, which are slightly channelled 
and pitted. Under surface grey. Antenne and legs grey. Pl. 
III, fig. 2, shows a dorsal and side view. | 
Life History. 
This beetle is found on the wing in the middle of June when 
it defoliates the Sissu, feeding onthe leaves of the tree. I 
was not noticed pairing, and I was not able to form an opinion 
as to whether it had done so or not. The specimens found 
seemed to be chiefly intent on feeding. 
The writer is not at present able to say whether further 
observations have been made on the life history of this insect. 
Locality from which the insect has been reported. 
I discovered this beetle in the Sutlej valley at elevations of 
between 2,300 and 3,500 feet. It was found on both banks both 
in the Kulu and Bashahr States, 
Relations to the Forest. 
This beetle feeds on the leaves of the Sissu tree. It was 
not very abundant at the time it was observed, but the 
damage to the leaves was very appreciable. It appears to 
prefer the older leaves, as it was on them that it was generally 
to be found, but this may have been attributable to the fact 
that most of the new ones had already disappeared under the 
attacks of the Apoderus leaf-rolling beetle. The beetles eat 
into the leaf, gnawing out portions and beginning from the 
