Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . in the forests roundMount Stuart in South Coimbatore. Thebeetles were taken at the end of July FIG. 82.—Psammoecus trimaculatus, Motsch. Coimbatore, Madras. surinamensis, Linn. REFERENCES.—Linn. Syst. Nat. i, 2, p. 565; Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Life, p. 300 (1909). Habitat.—Northern India. Tree Infested.— Mohwa (Bassia latifolia). Western India (Lefroy). Beetle.—Elongate, smoky brown, dull. Head large, punctate ; eyes placed at sides alittle above base ; antennae long and clubbed. Prothorax longer than wide, with three
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . in the forests roundMount Stuart in South Coimbatore. Thebeetles were taken at the end of July FIG. 82.—Psammoecus trimaculatus, Motsch. Coimbatore, Madras. surinamensis, Linn. REFERENCES.—Linn. Syst. Nat. i, 2, p. 565; Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Life, p. 300 (1909). Habitat.—Northern India. Tree Infested.— Mohwa (Bassia latifolia). Western India (Lefroy). Beetle.—Elongate, smoky brown, dull. Head large, punctate ; eyes placed at sides alittle above base ; antennae long and clubbed. Prothorax longer than wide, with three nent longitudinal ridges, one median and two lateral, bounding t« Description. elongate depressed channels, the sides toothed. Khtra parallel, slightly constricting at apex, ihr Mine nu>*t prominent at base. Under-surface brown, legs lighter-coloured, abdominal segments <lthe<lwith a fine golden pubescence. Length, mm. Larva.—Elongate, whitish yellow, with prominent head and prothoracic and three pairs of legs jointed. Abdominal segments but slightly smalle
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