Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . rst being very small). The grub of this family is elongate, white or yellow (so far as is known),with a black or brown head and prothorax, with well-Larva, developed mandibles, and a pair of calliper-like processes terminating the last segment of the body. The forest species of the family known are predaceous in both the larvaland beetle stages, and the importance of some of the species in keepingdown the numbers of wood- and bark-boring pests is very considerable. Thefamily will well repay a close study on the part of the forester. ALI
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . rst being very small). The grub of this family is elongate, white or yellow (so far as is known),with a black or brown head and prothorax, with well-Larva, developed mandibles, and a pair of calliper-like processes terminating the last segment of the body. The forest species of the family known are predaceous in both the larvaland beetle stages, and the importance of some of the species in keepingdown the numbers of wood- and bark-boring pests is very considerable. Thefamily will well repay a close study on the part of the forester. orientalis, var. parallela, Leveille. REFERENCE.—Lev. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) viii, p. 411 (1888). Habitat.—Changa Manga Plantation, —Predaceous upon the wood-borers Sinoxy-lon crassum and 5. anale (vide p. 165). Alindria orientalis, Redtenb. REFERENCE.—Redtenb, Hugel, Kasch. iv, 2, p. 549- Habitat.—Changa MangaPlantation, Punjab. Habits.—Predaceous uponthe wood-borers Sinoxylonn-itssujn and S. anale (videp. 165)..
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