Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . Attacked. - Mango (Mangifera indica] ; Chicacole,Ganjam, Madras (); ? Oak(Quercus griffithii) : Taunggyi(H. W. Watson). Beetle.—A large heavy beetle of ayellow or greenish-yellow colour, mottled with blackishDescription. markings and orange spots; under-surface clothed with a short sil-very-grey or yellowish pubescence, asalso the legs ; antennae brown, 1st jointblack ; the vertex of head black, coveredwith a yellow pubescence. Antennaeinserted on anterior edge of head, 1stjoint very stout and long, 2nd very short,3rd longest of al
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . Attacked. - Mango (Mangifera indica] ; Chicacole,Ganjam, Madras (); ? Oak(Quercus griffithii) : Taunggyi(H. W. Watson). Beetle.—A large heavy beetle of ayellow or greenish-yellow colour, mottled with blackishDescription. markings and orange spots; under-surface clothed with a short sil-very-grey or yellowish pubescence, asalso the legs ; antennae brown, 1st jointblack ; the vertex of head black, coveredwith a yellow pubescence. Antennaeinserted on anterior edge of head, 1stjoint very stout and long, 2nd very short,3rd longest of all and serrate on inside,4th shorter than 3rd but longer than rest,serrate on inside, but less so than 3rd, restmore or less equal. 1rothorax broaderthan long ; sides produced medianly intoa sharp black spine bent downwards, abroad collar on anterior edge, the diskirregularly elevate with a short orange mark on either side of a median elongate KI(;. 245.—7A/A;tvn/ titana, Thorns. $. black line. Scutellum large, heart- Madras and Southern Shan 68 FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE shaped, orange. Elytra broadest basally, constricting apically, the suture being produced intoa short spine ; the shoulders produced, the basal fourth studded with a number of raised blackprominences; six or more irregular-sized orange spots, three in basal fourth, four largest placed medianly on disk, five and six smallerplaced the one below the other in apical , 57mm. to 75 mm. The beetle makes its appearanceon the wing in MadrasLife History. about the middle ofJuly and probably throughout August. In the SouthernShan States a specimen was taken byMr. Watson in September. The eggsare laid at wounds on the trees or de-posited so that the young grubs hatchingout can rapidly and easily reach thecambium layer. The grubs do not, how-ever, remain here, but soon tunnel downinto the wood of the tree and eat out along gallery parallel to the long axis ofthe branch or stem attacked in a mannersimilar t
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