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PLATEROS SP. 
Plates Villy tia.ss: 
Reference :—Provisionally determined as Plateros sp, new to the British 
Museum Collection. 
Classification :—Order, COLEOPTERA, Family, Malacodermide. 
Sub-Family, Lyctdes,* 
Tree attacked :—TZectona grandis, L. (Teak.) 
Description. 
This beetle differs from P. dtspallens in both size and 
colouration. 
Egg.—Pure white in colour and egg-shaped resembling a 
minature hen’s egg, Slightly larger than that of P. dspallens. 
Beetle.—General colour is a reddish-orange beneath and a 
russet brown on head and thorax dorsally. Anterior two-thirds 
(basal portion) of the elytra, which resemble in consistency and 
formation those of its smaller companion, russet-brown in 
colour, the posterior third being black at tips shading off ante- 
riorly into the russet-brown colour. Legs black, tinged with 
russet-brown. Antenne longish, serrate, black. Two segments 
of the body project beyond the elytra. @ smaller than 2. 
Length of g Linch; of 2 4 inch (measurements of fresh 
specimens). PI. VIII, fig. 3 shows a dorsal and side view of the 
dé and ¢ of this insect. 
Life History, etc. 
The notes on the life history, locality where found, etc., 
already given for Plateros dispallens, apply equally to this 
beetle. The insects were found on the teak leaves in company 
and both the species were coupling. The eggs are laid shortly 
after coupling in a similar manner to those of its companion, the 
numbers laid being from 35—40 deposited in irregular patches. 
The insects readily take to flight on being disturbed. 
The further observations on the life history required for 
the one are the same for the other. 
EN oo. 
