Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . in (CentralProvinces) in June and in the Siwaliks in Si-|>trml>i:r 1901. * In a subsequent communication M. Lesne informed me that he had identified the ins. aas .5. tignaritim.—E. P. S. 9003 M. FIG. 121. 178 FAMILY PTINIDAE Family PTINIDAE. This is a family of small beetles, usually cylindrical in shape, whichchiefly requires notice here owing to the powers exhibited by some of themembers of drilling into hard seasoned timber, the pin-holes in furniture inEurope being due to the so-called Death Watch, a species of Anobium
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . in (CentralProvinces) in June and in the Siwaliks in Si-|>trml>i:r 1901. * In a subsequent communication M. Lesne informed me that he had identified the ins. aas .5. tignaritim.—E. P. S. 9003 M. FIG. 121. 178 FAMILY PTINIDAE Family PTINIDAE. This is a family of small beetles, usually cylindrical in shape, whichchiefly requires notice here owing to the powers exhibited by some of themembers of drilling into hard seasoned timber, the pin-holes in furniture inEurope being due to the so-called Death Watch, a species of Anobium. In the beetle the tarsi are five-jointed, the first joint not smaller thanthe second, as in the Bostrychidae. The head can beBeetle. drawn in under the prothorax, which is at times hood- like, the antennae being slightly clubbed at the top insome species. In colour the insects are dull, chiefly brown or black, althoughthe small Gibbium of the teak is bright red-brown. The larva rather resembles the lamellicorn grub (see fig. 46), the last segments of the body being curved, although they are Larva. not so bag-like as in lamellicorns, and less strongly corrugated; the head is small, with a two-jointed antenna, and there are three pairs of thoracic legs. The
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