344 BUTELIN.S. 



Gardens at Jolikote, Kumaon. It was found by Mr. Gravely 

 upon Lagerstroemia and Cassia. 



This species is exceedingly like A. versutus, but a little more 

 densely punctured, especially upon the pronotum. It can most 

 readily be distinguished by means of the minute tuft of massed 

 white setae upon the apical callus of the elytron. This is quite 

 absent in A. versutus. In the males the aedeagi are quite dif- 

 ferent, although alike in their strange asymmetrical shape. 



374. Adoretus horticola, sp. nov. (Plate V, fig. 34.) 



Coppery black, with the antennae and legs reddish ; densely 

 clothed above and beneath with minute uniform scale-like setae 

 lying close to the surface, except upon the pygidium. 



It is rather elongate and moderately convex ; the head and 

 prothorax are not wide, nor the eyes large. The head is densely 

 granular and the clypeus semicircular. The pronotum is finely, 

 densely and rugosely punctured, with the sides obtusely angu- 

 lated in the middle, the front angles rather acute and the hind 

 angles obtuse but well marked. The elytra are moderately finely 

 and shallowly pitted, with distinct narrow costae. The pygidium 

 is large, finely rugose and tumid in both sexes, with a bare 

 shining area at the extremity. The legs are slender, but the hind 

 tarsi short and thick. The front tibia bears three short teeth, 

 the second and third rather far apart, and the longer claw in the 

 front and middle feet is very minutely cleft at the tip. 



c? . The teeth of the front tibia are sharp, and the pygidium 

 bears closely-set erect hairs at its most prominent part. 



. The teeth of the front tibia are blunt, and the pygidium is 

 conically produced to a point above the extremity. 



Length, 13-14 mm. ; breadth, 6-7 mm. 



UNITED PROVINCES : Kumaon. 



Type in the British Museum ; co-types in the Agricultural 

 Research Institute, Pusa. 



Taken in June in the Government Gardens, where it was 

 found, in association with A. versutus, devouring the leaves of 

 vine, fig, apple, pear and plum at night. 



375. Adoretus punjabensis, sp. nov. (Plate IV, figs. 35 & 36.) 



Uniform dark red-brown, sometimes with a very feeble coppery 

 lustre upon the anterior part ; evenly and rather closely clothed 

 with minute decumbent grey setae. 



Elongate-oval and convex, rather broad, finely punctured and 

 not shining. The head is moderately large, rather finely and 

 closely granulated, with the clypeus semicircular. The pronotum 

 is finely and closely rugose (a little less closely in the middle), 

 with the sides strongly rounded, the front angles almost right 

 angles and the hind angles obtuse but not rounded. The elytra 

 are finely but not closely punctured, some of the punctures 

 forming double lines, and the entire surface is microscopically 



