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At Pusa the larva has been found in leaf-mould and also at the roots 

 of rice and grass. At Muzaffarpur and Nadia the larvae have also been 

 found at the roots of rice-plants. At Jeolikote (Kumaon) the adult 

 beetles were found damaging apricot shoo's and on apricot tree, and at 

 Zhob (Baluchistan) the beetles were attacking greengage fruits in July 

 1918. The Pusa Collection also contains examples from Coimba'-o-e, 

 Kanara, Baroda and Kashmir, and Arrow also records it from Agra, 

 Dehra Dun. Khandesh, Belgaum, N. Kanara, Jaintia Hills. 



Anomala varicolor, Gyll. 

 Arrow, P. I. Rutei. pp. 152-153, f. 41. 

 ' At Pusa the adult beetles are attracted to the Andres-Maire trap 

 in numbers in May and June ; the larva has been reared from Sarchamm 

 spmlanewm (imder C. S. 1744 ; biharensis), and the pupa has been found 

 at roots of oats (C. S. 1209). At Dacca the beetles have been found in 

 small numbers attacking mango blossoms, and at Jeolikote (Kumaon) 

 the beetle was found damaging plum leaves on 20th May 1915 by H. H. 

 Prasad. We also have it from the Buxar Duavs and from Peradeniya, 

 and Arrow also records it from Gopaldhara, Sarda (Bengal), Parlakimedi 

 (Ganjam District), Bangalore, South Arcot, and the Palnis. 



At Dacca the adults occur on mango blossoms at night. 



Do they do any damage ? 



I found them only in small numbers and have not observed them 

 doing any appreciable damage. 



Anomala variivestis, Arr. 

 F. I. Rutel. p. 156, t. 3, ff. 20, 21. 

 This species was found at Shillong, 23-26 June 1918, defoliating 

 fruit trees (apple principally) at night. Arrow also records it from 

 Manipur and Maymyo. 



Anomala biharensis. 



Arrow, F. I. Rutel., pp. 166-167 ; Ann. Rept. Impl. Entom. 

 1917-18, p. 93, t. 10, ff. ad. 

 This species has been reared at Pusa from larva? found at roots of 

 sugarcane and roots of Saccharum sponianeum. Larvae and adults have 

 also been found around roots of gular and banyan trees. 

 It is apparently not a very common species. 



