Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . FIG. 341.—Cryphalus major, , dorsal and side view of male beetle :/, dorsal and side view of female beetle :c, attacked Iin us lou^ifoHa branchletsshowing (p] the pairing chamber, (/) thehorizontal tunnel down to the pith, and(e) the egg-gallery ; d, larger branch letshowing the same as c ; g, piece of alarger /. longifolia branch severely at-tacked by this beetle, showing hmv the galleries run into one anotherand become indecipherable on such occasions. N.\V. Himalaya. ;Fi-.(. i/, ,;, from drawings by Author.) the main stem ;is w
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . FIG. 341.—Cryphalus major, , dorsal and side view of male beetle :/, dorsal and side view of female beetle :c, attacked Iin us lou^ifoHa branchletsshowing (p] the pairing chamber, (/) thehorizontal tunnel down to the pith, and(e) the egg-gallery ; d, larger branch letshowing the same as c ; g, piece of alarger /. longifolia branch severely at-tacked by this beetle, showing hmv the galleries run into one anotherand become indecipherable on such occasions. N.\V. Himalaya. ;Fi-.(. i/, ,;, from drawings by Author.) the main stem ;is well as the side branches of saplings. It apparently prefers dying but still green trees. The insect is to be found at the- end of the first week in June burrowing into branches of old trees to shallow irregular-shaped chamber is first bored in the sapwood beneaththe bark, both 6 and 9 beetles taking their share in this work, both having L L 2 532 FAMILY SCOLYTIDAE entered the tree by the same hole (see fig. 341, c, d (p)). After the prepara
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