PEOCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD EXTOMOLOGICAL MEETING ISL 



Macroma melanopiis, Sch. 



Arrow, F. I. Ceton, p. 219. 



Adult beetles were found at Shillong in May and the beginning of 

 June 1918 on Rubifs spp., usually on wald Rubvs but also attacking 

 cultivated species. Damage slight. 



Arrow also records it from Manipur, Sylhet, Jaintias, N. Kyen Hills 

 (Burma) and Siam. 



Dynastid.^:. 



Xylotrvpes gkJeon, Linn. 



Arrow, F. I. Dyn., pp. 262-265, ff. 59. 



, Recorded from Calcutta, Kurseong, Shillong, Sibsagar, Cachar, 

 Bombay, Travancore, Ceylon (Arrow). 



The Pusa Collection contains specimens from Dehra Dun, Meroara 

 (Coorg), Dacca, Tezpur, Khasi Hills (1,000-3,000 feet), Shillong, Helera 

 (Assam), and the Philippines. At Tezpur the adult beetles were found 

 damaging seed indigo plants by gnawing and stripping the bark. 



[Evpaforvs hardtvickei, Hope. 



Arrow, F. I. Dyn., pp. 268-269. 



While staying with Mr. J. R. P. Gent of the Forest Service in the Mr. Inglis. 

 Kurseong Division (elevation 6,000 feet) he brought in one of each of 

 Etipatonis hardivickei and E. hardivickei cantori which he found stripping 

 the bark from an Alder {Almis neiKilensis). As far as I remember, he 

 said the beetles were working vertically and doing a good deal of damage 

 by stripping off about four feet of the bark all round the tree.] 



Oryctes nasicornis, L. 



Arrow, F. I. Dynast., pp. 275-276 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 262. 



We have specimens from Quetta and had for determination from ]y[r, Fletcher. 

 Mr. Milne one specimen captured by him at Dalhousie. 



Recorded from Baluchistan, Kashmir, S. W. Asia, S. & S. E. Europe 

 (Arrow). 



This species is not definitely known as a pest but probably attacks 

 date-palms in North-West India. 



