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mation speud their larval life feeding upon the roots of grasses, 

 cereals, sugar-cane, etc., sometimes causing considerable damage. 

 The life-history of A. polita, Blanch. (? Anomala varians) has been 

 described in detail by Mr. II, Maxwell Lefroy and is recapitulated 

 in the Introdnction to this volume. 



The following species, although they have been catalogued as 

 Indian, are not here included for the reasons given : — 



Melolontha femoralis, Oliv., is not recognisable. 



M. palleola, (Tyll. The habitat is given as " Ind. Or.," a 

 term of uncertain import. Burmeister regarded the species as 

 svnonymous with A. variegata, Hope, but Hope confused more 

 than one species under that name. 



M. semivirens, Gyll. The habitat is not recorded. 



M. i/psllon, VVied. This is Anomala iialUda, F., a species from 

 Java. 



Euchlora aureola, Hope, said to have been brought from Burma, 

 appears to be really confined to the Malayan Region. 



Anomala crihrata, Blanch., appears to be a Sumatran species. 



A. davauceU, Blanch., attributed to Bengal, is really the 

 Malayan A. cuprascens, Wied. 



xi. elegans, Blanch., is a Chinese insect. 



A. ohsoleta, Blanch. (-'Ind. Or."), is probably from Siam. It 

 has been recently reported (by Leefmans) from Java, but this 

 requires confirmation. 



A. iiifixa, Walker (Ceylon). The type is unknown and the 

 species cannot be identified. 



A. puiicfatissima, Walk., is a species of Apogonia (Melolon- 



THIK^). 



A. hraehi/pus. Bates. The type-specimen is conspecific with 

 the Malayan A. hreviceps. Sharp. I have already recorded the 

 fact that other species desi-ribed by Bates in the same paper as 

 from the Punjab are really Malayan. 



A. holomelmia, Bates, is another Malayan insect. 



A. imiiatrue, Nonfr. I cannot identify this, and it is likely 

 that, as in many other cases, Nonfried has made some error. 



I have divided the Indian species of Anomala into six sections, 

 tliree of which contain the great majority of the species. The 

 sections may be distinguished as follows : — 



1 (10) Mesosternum without an iutercoxal pro- 



cess. 



2 (5) Clypeus of the male with sharp front 



angles ; elytra of the female angularly 

 dilated. 



3 (4) Smnll species, with bidentate front tibia. Section I, p. ]31. 



4 (3) Large species, with tridentate front tibia. Section II, p. L36. 



5 (2) Clypeus of the male with rounded or 



obtuse front angles : elytra of the 

 female not angularlv dilated. 



