Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . ng shallower than the tunnels of alongicorn grub of the same size. The tunnels are packed tightly with thewood-dust and excreta of the larva. When full-grown the grub carries itstunnel down into the sapwood, eats out there a pupal chamber parallel tothe long axis of the tree, and pupates. When mature the beetle crawls upthe entrance-tunnel, bites its way through the bark, and escapes from the specimen in the Dehra Dun collections was taken from a jaman-treesome 2,000 ft. below Kathian in Jaunsar. Although the Capnodis is a compar
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . ng shallower than the tunnels of alongicorn grub of the same size. The tunnels are packed tightly with thewood-dust and excreta of the larva. When full-grown the grub carries itstunnel down into the sapwood, eats out there a pupal chamber parallel tothe long axis of the tree, and pupates. When mature the beetle crawls upthe entrance-tunnel, bites its way through the bark, and escapes from the specimen in the Dehra Dun collections was taken from a jaman-treesome 2,000 ft. below Kathian in Jaunsar. Although the Capnodis is a comparatively common beetle in the Himalayan forest, I can find no mention of its attacks Damage Committed ,1 u • • T- ,, i ,- • j in the Forest m *e cmr Pme- rurther observations are required on this head before its importance as a pest to thetree can be determined. The remedial measures described for the buprestid pest of the deodar(Sphenoptera, p. 204) and the other one of the chir pine (Anthaxia, p. 212)would apply as well to this insect. PLATE i. Capnodis indua. Tlioms.—Larva and beetle. 2. Anthaxia osmastoni, Steb.—Larva and beetle. I /.— of ctf>n-> r^f />;,,,,.• /.,, ,r;f.,i;.-. „!,„ . i .1 n e u.^u i ..i_ •
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