FAMILY SCARABAEIDAE 



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seem to preclude the possibility oi a doubt that the insect was taken at 

 Naini Tal : — 



" Of the liucJiirus tij^ured I am not able to report from personal 

 experience of its habits, but I have been informed on good authority 

 that its habits are similar to its convener the Stag Beetle or Lucanus 



cervus (L. lunifer). The 

 present specimen of the 

 Euchirus was obtained at 

 Nynee Tal, where it had 

 issued out of an oak stem." 

 This is the only record I can 

 find on the subject of this insect 

 infesting this tree. The oak would 

 probably be either Quercus incana 

 or Q. dilatata. 



Fig. 47. — Encliiriis macleayi, Ho 



Fig. /^?>.—E/tchirns tnacleayi, Ho. $ 



RUTELINAE. 



The beetles of this sub-family greatly resemble the last. Some are 

 dull-coloured, but others are more brilliant, and greens and blues are obtained 

 as well as browns. The claws of the tarsi differ in size. 



