MYLLOCERUS ACACIA, MS. 185 
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I know nothing more about the life history of this beetle, 
which is quite different from the species described on p. 31 
(No. 1) of these notes as defoliating the Sissu. 
Locality from where reported. 
The insect was found in the Bharuburda Reserve near 
Poona in the Bombay Presidency, 
Relations to the Forest. 
As I have described, this My/locerus in its adult stage does 
a certain amount of defoliation. Further than this, nothing 
appears to be known about the weevil. When and where it 
lays its eggs, where the larva lives and on what it feeds and the 
time spent in this stage have yet to be observed. Also the 
number of generations in the year and how the cold weather is 
passed. 
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Note.—A second minute bright metallic-green Myllocerus, the species 
being as yet undetermined, was also found in company with the M. acacie 
MS. above described feeding upon the leaves of the Acacia Catechu. The 
insect was somewhat plentiful, but owing to its small size, about $th inch 
in length, the damage done by it was inappreciable. This weevil was 
pairing at the time of capture. 
