Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . oy, Ind. Ins. Pests, p. 373 (1909). Habitat.—Dehra Dun ; Gangetic Plains. Trees Attacked.—Pakar (Ficus runiphii), Gular (Ficus glomerata), andTimla (Ficus roxburghii). Beetle.—Elongate, slender, with very long antennae,more than twice length of insect. Head and greater part of prothorax clothed with an orangeDescription. pubescence ; base of prothorax and elytra red - brown, becoming yel-lowish brown in apical part of elytra, moderately shining,the elytra with three white spots ; under-surface denselyclothed with a white pubescence, as
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . oy, Ind. Ins. Pests, p. 373 (1909). Habitat.—Dehra Dun ; Gangetic Plains. Trees Attacked.—Pakar (Ficus runiphii), Gular (Ficus glomerata), andTimla (Ficus roxburghii). Beetle.—Elongate, slender, with very long antennae,more than twice length of insect. Head and greater part of prothorax clothed with an orangeDescription. pubescence ; base of prothorax and elytra red - brown, becoming yel-lowish brown in apical part of elytra, moderately shining,the elytra with three white spots ; under-surface denselyclothed with a white pubescence, as also the slender of head covered with a white pubescence ; basaljoint of antennae swollen and coarsely tuberculate, 2ndvery short, 3rd equal to 4th and 5th together, rest sub-equal,last longer than those immediately below it. Prothorax setwith a number of parallel transverse ridges. Elytra coarselypunctate, the punctures much finer apically ; the basalwhite spot is the largest, the one just above it the , 15 mm. to 24 FIG. 250. Olenecamptus bilobiis, Provinces. The grubs of this beetle are to be found plentifully in Dehra Dun andsouthwards throughout the plains of the United Pro-Life History, vinces and Bengal in the three fig - trees appear to affect old decaying trees, and I have not found them myself in young, green, healthy trees. The beetle appearson the wing in the hot weather and at the commencement of the (Indian Insect Pests, p. 376) mentions the beetle as common onpakar, gular, and other rigs in the plains. Olenecamptus sp. KKFEKENCE.—Specimen in too imperfect a state for detailed description. Habitat.—Satara, Bombay. Tree Attacked.—Anogeissus latijolia. Satara (Young). Beetle. Elongate, slender. Dark red-brown, elytra lighter-coloured : an elongate whiteirregular stripe placed laterally on thorax ; a series of while spots and bands on elytra, as follows: (l) a large spot basally
Size: 1370px × 1825px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbeetles, bookyear1914
