Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . licz, Jour. Asint. Soc. ii, p. 152 (1873^. Habitat.—Ootacamund Hills, Southern Attacked.—Rhododendron sp. Beetle.—A large beetle. Black, shining, clothed with a long dense red-orange pubescenceon the posterior ventral parts of prothorax, meso- and Head strongly tuberculate, mandibles large, clypeus densely hirsute, as are antennal joints and edges of legs. Prothorax very convex,shining, a deep depression medianly on lateral margin. Elytra flaton disk, striate-punctate, the punctures fine. Under-surface
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . licz, Jour. Asint. Soc. ii, p. 152 (1873^. Habitat.—Ootacamund Hills, Southern Attacked.—Rhododendron sp. Beetle.—A large beetle. Black, shining, clothed with a long dense red-orange pubescenceon the posterior ventral parts of prothorax, meso- and Head strongly tuberculate, mandibles large, clypeus densely hirsute, as are antennal joints and edges of legs. Prothorax very convex,shining, a deep depression medianly on lateral margin. Elytra flaton disk, striate-punctate, the punctures fine. Under-surface black,flat, shining. Length, mm. to 45 mm. During a visit to the Eucalyptus plantations of theOotacamund Hills I found thisLife History. passalid beetle in considerable num-bers in rotting stumps of Rhodo-dendron sp. The beetles were taken in tunnels in thedecaying wood, large orifices being visible on the outersurface and numerous winding galleries inside. Thebeetles, and a few larvae, were taken about the middleof August. 1902. FIG. 35. — Pleurariusbrachyphyllus, A species of this genus is common in the Eastern Himalaya. Basilianus cantori, Perch. REFERENCE.—Perch. Mag. Zool. p. 3, t. 134, f. 2 (1844). Habitat.—Eastern Himalaya ; Loolagaon, 5,000 ft., and elsewhere inthe Sikkim Forests. Also reported from Tenasserim. Trees Attacked.—Sauer (Betula cylindrostachys) ; Musre Katus (Cns~tanopsis tribuloides) ; Kharani (Symplocos thecefolia). Sikkim. Beetle.— Large, shining, black. Head set with prominent pointedtubercles, the mandibles large and toothed. Prothorax not very convex, very shining, the median longitudinal depressedDescription. line not prominent or absent. Elytra strongly striate, interspaces smooth, shining. Under-surface black, shining, the lateral edges of thorax with a long bright redpubescence which also clothes the edges of legs. Length, 30 mm. to 34 mm. This beetle was first taken in rotting sauer and khara
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