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of tlie otliei- Plourosliet subfamilies. They most closely resemble 

 those of tlie MioIjOLonthin^, beiii<^, like the latter, rather more 

 slender in their l)uild and less hairy than the Dynastin.ti; and 

 CEi'ONiixyE, with a well-marked attenuation of the body about 

 the middle. The last two segments, though large, are rather 

 less so than iu the Mi3i:;OiiOisrTHiN.?E, and a slight difference in the 

 coil Formation ot" the terminal part appears to afford a means of 

 distinguishing the larvje of the two groups, so far as the few 

 know II forms enable us to judge. 



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Fig. 7. — AiJorcttis vcr.^ii/ns : a, larva; //, pupii, veiitral side; 

 (', ditto, dorsal sidr. 



In the EuTELix.E the last tergite and sternite nre of similar 

 shape, and their posterior edges exactly coincide with each other; 

 Avhereas in the Melolonthik.e the last tergite is a little more 

 produced and ntteiuiated than the corresponding ventral segmenr, 

 and so is plainly A'isible wlien the insect is looketl at from beneath. 

 The last ventral segment is studded w ith stiff erect spines as in 

 the MELOLOTsTniN.E, and the arrangement of these spines seems 

 to differ according to the species, and to aft'ord an important 

 means of identification, although they do not appear, as a rule, to 

 form the regular longitudinal lines so comuionly seen in the 

 Melolonthin^. 



With the exception of the comparatively small section of the 

 Pakasxashni, the Eutelin.e of the Indian Eegion may he 

 assumed to be practically all root-feeders in the larval, and leaf- 

 feeders in the adult, stages. The Parastasiini feed, in the larval 

 stage, upon dead and decaying wood (we have no information as 

 to the habits of the matiire insects), and are of no significance 

 economically : but the rest must be considered as ;ill injurious to 

 A'egetation, and so, potentially at least, to ngiiculture. The 

 records of ii^juiy done liy them to crops in India are not at 

 present numerous, but species of Anomala and Adoretvs are 

 known to commit considerable ravages. In the Sandwich Islands, 

 species of these two genera, introduced by accident from other 

 parts of the East, have multiplied enormously and caused great 

 havoc in the sugar-cane plantations. Mr. H. Maxwell Lefroy 

 has described in detail the life-history of Anomala varians 

 { — A. polila, 131.), which destroys the roots of ground-nut, rice, 



