Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . CD O CO Portion of a deodar Cc/i,-ii,i/>tt-m alcrrima, Kerrein. Simla CatchmentArea, North-West Himalaya. FAMILY BUPRESTIDAE 209 Sphenoptera la fertii, Thomson,REFERENCE.—Thorns. Typ. Bupr. 65 (1878). Habitat.—Chamba, North-West Himalaya. Also reported from North-West Himalaya, Moradabad. Tree Attacked.— Deodar (Cedrus deodar a}. Kalatope, —Elongate, constricted at apex. Blackish bronze ; head and thorax with acoppery punctation. Under-surface brilliant coppery, middle of sternal region metallic green ; legs coppery ; a
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . CD O CO Portion of a deodar Cc/i,-ii,i/>tt-m alcrrima, Kerrein. Simla CatchmentArea, North-West Himalaya. FAMILY BUPRESTIDAE 209 Sphenoptera la fertii, Thomson,REFERENCE.—Thorns. Typ. Bupr. 65 (1878). Habitat.—Chamba, North-West Himalaya. Also reported from North-West Himalaya, Moradabad. Tree Attacked.— Deodar (Cedrus deodar a}. Kalatope, —Elongate, constricted at apex. Blackish bronze ; head and thorax with acoppery punctation. Under-surface brilliant coppery, middle of sternal region metallic green ; legs coppery ; antennae and tarsi black. Head flat, punctate. Description. Prothorax with a smooth, sinuate, lateral carina and a very short longitudinal furrow on disk ; irregularly and densely punctate, bottom of punctures coppery. Elytra three and a quarter times as long as thorax, widened atextremities owing to the outermost spine projecting outward
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