Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . FIG. andrewesi, Beetle.—Elongate, widest behind. Dark canary-yellow. Elytrablack, the basal sixth canary-yellow, produced on lateral edge with a narrow edging of same colour along suture ;Description. a longitudinal egg-shaped yellow spot in basal third near suture, a larger roughly-circular one about middle near lateral margin, a third transverselycrescent-shaped with wavy edges three-fourths up, and a fourth atapex. Under-surface dark canary-yellow. Head narrow, elongate ;antennae and eyes black. Prot
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . FIG. andrewesi, Beetle.—Elongate, widest behind. Dark canary-yellow. Elytrablack, the basal sixth canary-yellow, produced on lateral edge with a narrow edging of same colour along suture ;Description. a longitudinal egg-shaped yellow spot in basal third near suture, a larger roughly-circular one about middle near lateral margin, a third transverselycrescent-shaped with wavy edges three-fourths up, and a fourth atapex. Under-surface dark canary-yellow. Head narrow, elongate ;antennae and eyes black. Prothorax widest behind, very finely andclosely punctate. Elytra widest three-fourths way up, thence con-stricting to apex ; striate and rugose-punctate, the striae andpunctures obsolete in parts. Length. 12 mm. I took a specimen of this beetle from beneath thebark of a dead sal-tree in the Dun forests of the know nothing further about its life Cistelomorpha annuligera, —North-West Attacked.—Deodar (Cedrus deodar a). Konain, Jaunsar (A. J. Gibson). Beetle.—Dark canary-yellow, head and legs orange, apical halfof elytra marked with narrow transverse black stripes. Head sloping, finely punctate, a transverse chan-Description. nel between the antennae, which are inserted a short distance in front of eyes. Prothorax broader behind than in front, wider than head, sides roundedin front, straight behind, disk finely reticulated. Elytra shining,smooth, wider than prothorax at base, widest about one-third up,depressed laterally and apically, striate and very finely punctate ;an elongate, narrow, elliptical area in basal half enclosed by a fineblack stripe, a second egg-shaped area above, nearer lateral margin,and a third larger transverse crescent-shaped area in apical third,both enclosed by fine black bands, these latter being finely rugulose- FIG. 173. punctate. Under-surface greenish, abdomen canar
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