Amasa versicolor (Sampson, 1921) Fig. 10C, D, H

Xyleborus versicolor Sampson, 1921: 29.

Amasa versicolor (Sampson): Wood and Bright 1992: 685.

Type material.

Holotype (NHMUK), allotype (NHMUK).

New records.

Ceylon [Sri Lanka]: Kalutara Dist., Kanneliya, 250 m, 23.v.1973, S.L. Wood, ex limbs (NMNH, 1); Morapitiya, 250 m, 27.v.1973, S.L. Wood (NMNH, 2).

Diagnosis.

2.5-2.6 mm long (mean = 2.57 mm; n = 5); 2.27-2.43 × as long as wide. The species is distinguished by the pronotum appearing basic (type 2) when viewed dorsally, anterior margin serrate; declivital surface shagreened, dull, opaque; declivital interstriae granulate, granules multiseriate, confused; declivity setose, interstriae moderately covered with semi-recumbent hair-like setae, approximately as long as the width of an interstria; and circumdeclivital carina margin setose, setae long, erect, bristle-like.

Similar species.

Amasa cycloxyster, A. galeoderma, A. resecta, A. schlichii, A. youlii .

Distribution.

Federated States of Micronesia, India ( ‘Bengal’), Indonesia (Java), East & West Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka*, Thailand.

Host plants.

Polyphagous (Browne 1961b; Beaver and Browne 1979).