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APODERUS INCANA, MS. 
Plate VIII, fig. 7, a—c. 
Reference :—Provisionally named Apoderus incana, MS. new to the 
British Museum collection. 
Classification:—Order, COLEOPTERA. Family, Curculionide. 
Trees attacked :—Quercus tncana and Q. dilatata. 
Description. 
The egg is yellow, shining, elliptical in shape and about +4,th 
inch in length. 
9 The Jdeetle is small, shining, dark yellow brown~ with 
black markings on the elytra. Rostrum brown, short, broad, and 
armed at end with a pair of large mandibles, Antennz inserted 
near base, the scape short and inverted cone-shaped; funiculus 
fairly long, first joint small, second and third longer and of equal 
length and with the following ones increasing in breadth upwards 
to the elongated cone-shaped club which is dark brown, the rest 
of antenna being yellow. Head short, semi-elliptical in shape 
narrowing to a point posteriorly, dark yellow-brown in colour, 
Prothorax joined to head by a short neck widening posteriorly 
and having a raised collar where it joins the elytra. Scutellum 
small, black, Elytra much broader than thorax, a little longer 
than broad, widening slightly to their ends and deflexed here, 
only lightly covering the body and leaving portions of two 
segments of the abdomen exposed ; yellow in colour, channelled 
at their bases with two elongated black spots in their basal 
half; the external edge is raised and thickened slightly all 
round and is crimson to dark red in colour, being especially 
bright at the suture. Abdomen thick, lighter yellow ventrally. 
Legs bright yellow, long, with their femora thickened ; 2 claws 
to end of tarsus. Length 8nd inch. PI. VIII, fig. 7, shows a 
dorsal and side view of this beetle. 
Life History. > 
These beetles appear on the wing about the close of the . 
first week in May. At present only the perfect beetle is 
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1The curious method of egg-laying of this insect was studied by 
Mr. F. Gleadow, Ranger Subramarian, and by the writer in May Igor. 
