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posterior margin (pi. xiv, fig. 4). The eleventh abdominal segment 

 resembles that of A. lacustris in form. Its ventral spines resemble 

 those on the preceding segment. The anus is bordered below by 

 a line of hairs as in A. lacustris and is bordered above by a line 

 of small spines Such as are found on the dorsal surface of the 

 preceding segment. 



The larva of this species appears to be particularly close to 

 that of A. vestitus and, in the absence of specimens of the latter, I 

 am unable to distinguish between them. Both appear to be sepa- 

 rated from A. lacustris by the structure of the right mandible and 

 by the vesture of the ninth and tenth abdominal segments. 



Note. — Since the above was written illustrations of the life- 

 histories of Anomala hiharenis, Arrow and Adoretus caliginosus, 

 Burmeister, have been published by Mr. Bainbrigge Fletcher {Sci. 

 Rep. Agr. Res. Inst., Pusa, 1917 18, pi. x-xi), who has lent me a 

 specimen of the latter larva for examination. Apart, possibly, from 

 the mouth pasts, which are not exposed, this larva closely resembles 



Text-fig. — Adoretta; culigiiiosits, tenth and eleventh 

 abdominal segments of larva from above. 



that of A. versutus. The chief difference is found on the dorsal 

 surface of the tenth abdominal segment (see text-fig.). The fine 

 line separating the mid-dorsal area of this segment from the rest 

 is ver}^ distinct, as in ^ . lacustris, but it is abruptly bent inwards 

 on each side behind as in A . versutus and the area is distinctly 

 transverse. The tuft of spines situated on each side obliquely 

 behind this line are slightly denser and longer than A. versutus. 



