• 172 rKOCEEBIlvGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



At Pusa the larva, "has been found in leaf-mould and also at the roots 

 of rice and grass. At Muzaf!arpur and Nadia the larvae have also been 

 found at the roots of rice-plants. At Jeolikote (Kumaon) the adult 

 beetles were found damaging apricot shoo's and on apricot tree, and at 

 Zhob (Baluchistan) the beetles were attacking g-esngage fruits in July 

 1918. The Pusa Collection also contains examples from Coimbato-e, 

 Xanara. Baroda and Kashmir, and Arrow also records it from Agra, 

 Dehra Dun. Khandesh, Belgaum. N. Kanara, Jaintia Hills. 



' Anoynala varicdlor, Gyll. 



Arrow, F. I. Rutel. pp. 152-153, f. 41. 



At Pusa the adult beetles are attracted to the Andres-Maire trap 

 in numbers in May and June ; the larva has been reared from Saccharum 

 sponianeum (under C. S. 1744 ; biharensis). and the pupa has been found 

 at roots of oats (C. S. 1209). At Dacca the beetles have been found in 

 small numbers attacking mango blossoms, and at Jeolikote (Kumaon) 

 the beetle was found damaging plum leaves on 20th May 1915 by H. H. 

 Prasad. We also have it from the Buxar Duars and from Peradeniya, 

 and Arrow also records it fi'om Gopaldhara, Sarda (Bengal), Parlakimedi 

 (Oaniam District). Bangalore, South Arcot, and the Palnis. 



Mr. P. C. Sen, At Dacca the adults occur on mango blossoms at night. 



Mr. Fletcher. Do they do any damage ? 



Mr. P. C. SeD. I found them only in small numbers and have not observed them 



doing any appreciable damage. 



Anomala variivestis, Arr. 



F. I. Rutel. p. 156, t. 3, ff. 20, 21. 



This species was found at Shillong, 23-26 June 1918, defoliating 

 fruit trees (apple principally) at night. Arrow also records it from 

 Manipur and Maymyo. » 



Anomala biharensifi. 



Arrow, F. I. Rutel., pp. 166-167 ; Ann. Rept. Impl. Entom. 

 1917-18, p. 93, t. 10, ff. a-d. 

 This species has been reared at Pusa from larvae found at roots of 

 sugarcane and roots of Saccharum spontaneum. Larvse and adults have 

 also been iound around roots of gular and banyan trees. 

 It is apparently not a very common species. 



