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FAMILY SCARABAEIDAE 



FlG. 49. Anomala 

 grandis, Fabr. 

 Darjeeling. 



ANOMALA. 

 Anomala grandis, Fabr. 



REFERENCES. Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 34; Burm. Handb. iv, i, p. 275; viridis, Ind. Mns. Notes, ii, 39, 1891. 



Habitat. Darjeeling Forests. 



Tree Attacked. Utis (Alnus nepalensis). Darjeeling (C. G. Rogers). 



Beetle. Large, bright green, shining ; under-surface brilliant coppery with a greenish 

 reflexion ; eyes yellow, antennae coppery, legs coppery or greenish coppery. Head small, 



finely punctate, eyes yellow, front rugose. Prothorax narrow in front, 

 Description. widest behind, finely punctate. Scutellum large, anterior edge trun- 



cate. Elytra truncate, finely punctate with a raised blunt point or 

 tooth medianly at a short distance from apex ; pygidium finely, irre- 

 gularly, and transversely rugose-striate. Under-surface punctate. 

 Length, 22 mm. to 30 mm. 



This beetle was forwarded some years ago to 

 the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by 

 Life History. Mr. C. G. Rogers. Mr. Rogers stated 

 that he took the beetle stripping 



the leaves from the utis-tree (Alnus nepalensis} in June at 

 elevations of 5,000 ft. to 6,000 ft. in the Darjeeling forests. 

 Nothing further appears to have been recorded on the 

 subject of the life history of this insect. 



ADORETUS. 

 Adoretus caliginosus, Burm. 



REFERENCE. Burm. Handb. iv, i, p. 471. 



Habitat. Gorakhpur, United Provinces. 



Tree Attacked. Sissu (Dalbergia sissoo). Gorakhpur (A. E. Osmaston). 



Beetle. Elongate, small, yellow, the elytra lighter-coloured than thorax. Head black, 

 shining, densely punctate, covered with a short white villosity ; eyes large, placed at sides at 



base. Prothorax wider than long, sides rounded ; finely and densely 

 Description. punctate, and covered with the short white pubescence. Scutellum 



large. Elytra wider than thorax, widest 



in apical third, thence constricted and conjointly rounded. 

 Moderately strongly punctate, and weakly striate ; the tibiae 

 strongly spined. Length, 9.1 mm. 



This beetle was taken by Mr. A. E. Osmaston, 

 I.F.S., on the sissu at Pakri in 

 Life History. the Gorakhpur Division. He 

 found the insect in numbers de- 

 foliating the trees in the first half of May, both old 

 trees and saplings suffering from the attack of the 

 beetles. No further observations on its life history 

 appear to have been recorded. 



FIG. 50. Adoretus 

 caliginosus^ Burm. 

 Gorakhpur. 



