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~ CARYOBORUS GONAGRA, Fabr. 
‘Reference :—Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 159; Steb. Injur. Insects Ind. For. 49. 
Classification :—Crder, COLEOPTERA. Family, Bruchide. 
Tree attacked :—(Bauhinia racemosa.) 
Description. 
Larva.—The larva is a small whitish curved grub. 
The beetle is greyish or yellowish-brown, It is somewhat 
-elongate, with a small head consisting chiefly of two large 
prominent eyes ; antenne brown. Thorax triangular, narrower 
in front than behind, hind margin produced backwards into a 
point medianly, Elytra wider than thorax, with parallel sides, 
constricted behind, the apices separately rounded; surfaces 
striate with longitudinal rows of fine pits down them and 
covered with short hair. The elytra rest flat upon the large 
thick body, which is greyish in colour. The most striking 
characteristics about the insect are the largely developed promi- 
ment thighs (femora) of the hind legs ; these, as is the case with 
all the legs, are covered with the fine hair. Abdomen truncate 
‘behind. Length d4th ; ?4th inch. 
Life-History. 
The beetles emerge from the Bauhinia pods at the end of 
‘February and beginning of March. The exact position where the 
eggs are laid has not yet been reported, but it is probable that 
they are laid on the flowers or young forming pods since 
the tree flowers between March and June. The larva on 
hatching out burrows into the pod and lives in one of the 
seeds, the interior of which it entirely cleans out leaving 
intact only the external thin brown skin. When full-fed it 
changes to the pupal state within this brown seed-skin, and 
this stage would appear to be a short one as larve are found in 
the seeds at the beginning of January. On maturing the beetle 
bores through the skin and the pod-covering and escapes. 
This exit hole is usually made near the base of the seed-skin 
and near one edge of the pod-covering. I have never yet 
