Ruteline Cuhopiera of Ceijlon. W)0 



fjcniis Popillia represented there only by the common South- 

 Indian species P. coiuplanata. Judging by the common 

 occurrence of that species, tliis cannot he attributed to any 

 unfavourable local conditions, but must be supposed to be 

 due to the late migration southwards of the genus. 



R/i'nnjptia meridionaVis, sp. n. — I'cradeuiya. Occurs also 

 in Travancore. 



MivranouHila cint/alengis, Arrow. — Colombo. A closely 

 related s|)ecies occurs in Soutii India, and a third in Tcnas- 

 serim. Genus and species have been recently described by 

 me (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) viii. 1911, p.* 268). 



Anomala (subg. Spilota) variet/ata, Walk, {princeps, Kr.). 

 — Pundalu-oya. 



A. chloromela, sp. n. — Ambalangoda. 



A. dussumierl , Bl. — Colombo^ Kandy, Peradeniya, Dikoya. 

 This also occurs in Southern India. 



A. chloronota, sp. n. — TrincomaleCj Peradeniya, Plini- 

 duma, Mamadu. No doubt this is the insect recorded by 

 Dr. Ohaus as A. perplexa, Hope, to uhich it is very closely 

 related. 



A. discalis, Walker. — A quite distinct and apparently rare 

 species. 



A. varicolur, Gyll. — Peradeniya^ Nilgata. — This is a very 

 variable and widely distributed Indian insect. 



A. discors, Karsch. — I do not know this, but Dr. Ohaus 

 has very kindly examined for me the type in the Berlin 

 Museum, and he tells me that the species is nearly related 

 to A. varicolor, and quite wrongly called RhinopUa by Karsch. 

 Dr. Ohaus has also seen examples from South India. 



A. conformis, Walker. — The type in the British Museum 

 remains unique. 



A. pellucida, sp. n. — This is described from South India 

 as well as Ceylon. 



A. walkeri, Arrow ( — humeralis, Walker). — Common in 

 many parts of the island. It is no doubt the species re- 

 corded by Dr. Ohaus as A. ypsilon. That species is an 

 inhabitant of Java. 



A. gravida, sp. n. — Colombo, Ambalangoda. Closely 

 related to A. icalkeri, but larger. 



