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SOME SOI III INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



Distribution. — Bellary, Coimbatore. Probably throughout Plains 

 of Southern India. 



Lifehistory and Food.-— The, beetles collect animal dung and 

 make it into balls which they roll away and bury in the ground. 

 In some of these balls eggs arc laid and the larva feeds on the 

 dung. The exact lifehistory of all species is little known but in 

 some cases it may extend over two years or more. 



Status. Beneficial to some extent. 



Remarks.— -A very large number of species of these beetles 

 exist in India and are commonly to be seen in dry places. They 

 undoubtedly do a great deal of good by disposing of dung and 

 ordure in the vicinity of habitations. 



CETON1 \l> 1 . 



ANATONA STILLA1 \. Newm. 



Cetonia stillata, Newm.. Ent. Mag., V. 169 (1838). 

 Anatona stillata, Arrow, Cetoniina; (F.I.), p. 114 (1910). 



Fig. Anatona stillata. The small outline figure shows the natural 



(( )i iginal.) 



Distribution. Hadagalli (September 1911). Bangalore (Arrow). 



Lifehistory. Eggs arc laid in moist places, the beetles burrow- 

 in- about 2 inches underground and ovipositing there. The larva." 

 probably \uci\ at the roots of grasses and miscellaneous plants. 



