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SCOLYTUS DEODARA, Pye py « 
MS. 
THE DEODAR BRANCH GIRDLER, 
Plate X, fig. 5, a, b; Plate XII, figs. 1 and 2. 
Reference :—Provisionally named as Scolytus deodara, MS. 
Classification :—Order, COLEOPTERA. Family, Scolytide. Sub-Family, 
Scolytini. 
Tree attacked :—Cedrus deodara. The deodar, 
Description. 
Larva.—When just hatched, the larva is a minute white 
circular ball. 
Beetle.—This Scolytus is intermediate in size between 
S. major and S. minor, MS, The beetle is black in colour, 
moderately shining, cylindrical, the elytra being slightly tinged 
with rufous-brown, as are the legs; antennez yellowish brown 
and tarsi yellow. Head projecting beyond prothorax with a 
broad rostrum. Eyes transverse, almost vertical. Behind the 
eye the head is thickly striated with close-set vertical strize which 
are produced down on to the ventral surface. This is not 
present in S. minor. Antenne short with a 7-jointed funi- 
culus and a long club. Prethorax not longer than broad, no 
so thickly punctured as head, and punctures lighter and fewer 
behind. Elytra fairly thickly striated and punctured and 
sparsely covered with golden yellow hairs, more especially on 
their lateral portions, as are the prothorax and head. Abdomen 
flexed upwards posteriorly. Length 3°2—3°5 millim. 
Pl, X, fig. 5, a, shows a dorsal and side view of this insect. 
Life History. 
This beetle is a branch girdler and makes its first appearance 
in the year about the third week in June, The period probably 
varies and is dependant upon the first burst of rain, It lays its 
eggs in deodar branches either on large trees or on saplings, 

