Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . portion, the inner striae most pronounced, the puncturesclose ; declivity smooth and shining, with deep striae ; the apex ofeach elytron produced into a blunt point ; abdominal segments finely FIG. 394. punctate and granulose. Posterior femora with a very sharp tooth. Platypus solidus,Length, mm. to 4 mm. Walk- Lower Burma. A specimen of this insect was taken from a tunnel bored vertically downthrough the bark into the heart-wood of a large felled Anogeissus tree in a1904 tounggya teak plantation in Tharrawaddy. The insect was evide
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . portion, the inner striae most pronounced, the puncturesclose ; declivity smooth and shining, with deep striae ; the apex ofeach elytron produced into a blunt point ; abdominal segments finely FIG. 394. punctate and granulose. Posterior femora with a very sharp tooth. Platypus solidus,Length, mm. to 4 mm. Walk- Lower Burma. A specimen of this insect was taken from a tunnel bored vertically downthrough the bark into the heart-wood of a large felled Anogeissus tree in a1904 tounggya teak plantation in Tharrawaddy. The insect was evidentlyengaged in ovipositing. It was taken on 22 January 1905. The insect is very variable, and Chapuis distinguishes three varietiesfrom Malacca and elsewhere in the Indian Archipelago. Platypus curtus, Chap. REFERENCES.—Chapuis, Mongr. Plnty. p. 261 (1866); Stebbing (Platypus sp.), Assam Sal Ins. For. Bull. no. ii, p. 46 (1907). Habitat.—Assam. Also reported from Singapore and Sarawak (). Tree Attacked.—Sal (Shorca robusta). FAMILY PLATYPODIDAE 625 Beetle.—Stout, robust, short, abruptly truncate posteriorly. Dark brown, apical half ofelytra black and set with golden yellow stiff short hairs. Head with front flat, dull, punctate-rugose, finely reticulate between the eyes ; club of antennae not articu-Description. late. Prothorax square, with a longitudinal median carina, a small oval rugose patch on each side in front of carina, and scattered largish punctures. Elytra short, widened behind, with a strongly punctured sutural furrow,the striae weak and multi-punctate, the intervals sub-convex, with a double row of fine pointsbearing inclined hairs. Declivity oblique, sub-circular, with dull furrows, the intervals withdouble rows of spiny granules. Abdominal segments densely punctate-rugose. Posteriortrochanters punctate, each terminated with a double spine. Length, mm. PI. Ix, fig. 8,shows this insect. The curious short squat thorax and elytra gi
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