Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . re confined to theselatter, and perhaps to their pupae. Alindria orientalis, var. parallela, Lev. (p. 114).—An elongate, parallel, black beetle, with the thorax smooth and shining, uniformly punctate, truncate in front, and sinuate,constricted behind. Elytra broader than thorax at its basal part,apices rounded, the suture gaping, prominently , 13 mm. to 14 mm. Alindria orientalis, Redtenb. (p. 114).—Larger thanlast, rather broader. The elytial striae broader, more prominent,and punctate. Legs stout ; front tibiae
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . re confined to theselatter, and perhaps to their pupae. Alindria orientalis, var. parallela, Lev. (p. 114).—An elongate, parallel, black beetle, with the thorax smooth and shining, uniformly punctate, truncate in front, and sinuate,constricted behind. Elytra broader than thorax at its basal part,apices rounded, the suture gaping, prominently , 13 mm. to 14 mm. Alindria orientalis, Redtenb. (p. 114).—Larger thanlast, rather broader. The elytial striae broader, more prominent,and punctate. Legs stout ; front tibiae toothed on outer , mm. to mm. Larvae.—Two forms of larvae have been taken : (a] White,with black head and thorax, two black spots placed transverselyon second and third thoracic sr-nuMits, and a black patch onabdominal segment dorsally ; three pairs ! thoracic le.^ : length,I&in. (b] Head black, first two thoracic segments white, reslwhite with a dark-coloured roundish patch on third eleventhsegments; length, Life Histories.—-These two beetles are the com-monest of the predaceous foes of Si>i.\-\-l<»i crassumand S. anale at Changa Mam;.i in the Punjab. InMay 1905 the beetles were taken literally in hundreds in the tunnels of thewood-borers in some large dying sissu-trees. Some of these trees were Ki<.. i ia ,(!/,l//,/il, (
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