Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . 294 FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE prothorax is relatively not so wide as in larger males ; it is possible that 5. laticolle, Pasc.,founded upon a large male from Batichan Island, is only a form in which the prothoraxhas reached its maximum of development. Larva.—A whitish-yellow, thick-set, tuberculate grub,with a dark brown head, black mandibles, light brownshining prothorax broader than first abdominal segment ;abdominal segments taper slightly posteriorly, all save thelast two, with an elliptical-shaped area of minute tubercleson the dorsal su
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . 294 FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE prothorax is relatively not so wide as in larger males ; it is possible that 5. laticolle, Pasc.,founded upon a large male from Batichan Island, is only a form in which the prothoraxhas reached its maximum of development. Larva.—A whitish-yellow, thick-set, tuberculate grub,with a dark brown head, black mandibles, light brownshining prothorax broader than first abdominal segment ;abdominal segments taper slightly posteriorly, all save thelast two, with an elliptical-shaped area of minute tubercleson the dorsal surface. Length, 37 mm. FIG. can, I think, be little doubt that this Larva of stromaiinm is the true Kulsi Borer of longicornc. Life History. teak, the insect of which Mr. A. G. Mien, , studied the life history in 1877, and of which he wrote an account in the Indian Forester in 1879. Mr. Mienfound that larvae were present in infested stems throughout the year, and sowas of opinion that the insect passed through two generations in the yea
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