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STROMATIUM BARBATUM, 
FABR. 
THE KuULSI TEAK BORER. 
References :—Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 189. Stebbing, Inj. Ins. Ind, For. 73-76, 
figs. 48 (larva), 49 (imago). 
Classification: Order, COLEOPTERA, Family, Cerambycide. 
Sub-Family, Cerambycides. 
Tree attacked :—Dendrocalamus strictus (Bamboo). 
In /njurtous Insects this insect has already been reported 
as attacking teak and khair. 
Description. 
Larva—Is a whitish thick grub with a pale brown pro- 
thorax larger in breadth than the rest of the segments. The 
mouth parts are black. 
Beetle —Has a general brown to brownish colour and is 
covered with a moderately dense orange yellow pubescence. 
Eyes kidney-shaped, the antennz being inserted forwardly on 
the head in the angle in the eye. Antenne long slender, basal 
joint being thickened and black; other joints brown and set 
with a longitudinal row of stiff hairs on the under-surface of the 
joints. Prothorax is broader than the head, wider than long, 
with irregular-shaped swellings and knobs on its dorsal surface. 
Laterally on either side there is an ear-shaped depression filled 
w th densely set hairs which are a bright orange yellow in male, 
a dull purple in @. Legs longish and slender, the tarsi being 
clothed with yellow hairs. Elytra long, of the same width as 
the thorax from which they are separated by a small neck; 
rounded at their ends and broadly striated and pitted in longitu- 
dinal rows on their dorsal surfaces. 
3d. Antennz stout, longer than body. Length 1 inch, 
¢. Antenne not as long as body, more slender than in 6. 
Portion of the last abdominal segment projects beyond the tips 
of elytra. Length a little over 1 inch. 
