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Oxycetonia versicolor, Fb. 



Arrow, F. I. Ceton. pp. 164-166, ff. 35, 36 ; S. 1. 1, p. 284, f. 123 ; 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 90, 123, 182. 

 This species has been reared at Pusa from larvae in farm yard manure. 

 The adult beetle has been found in South India on flowers and shoots 

 of groundnut, doing some damage at times, also eating flowers of bkindi 

 and cotton in West Khandesh, and attacking flower-heads of cholam 

 in South India. It is a widely distributed species which we have from 

 Chapra, Pusa, Murbhanj and Kanti in Bengal, Bombay, Andheri, Nasik, 

 W. Khandesh, Bangalore, Coimbatore and Palur. 



Oxijceionia albopiinctata, Fb. 



Arrow, F. I. Ceton. p. 1G6-167 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 

 pp. 123, 212. 



This species has also been reared at Pusa from larvae in farmyard 

 -manure. The adult beetles appear at Pusa from the end of July to the 

 beginning of November and feed in numbers on bajra, maize, juar and 

 rice ears and have also been noted as feeding on cotton {? flowers], 

 Hibiscus mutabilis flowers, and lemon flowers. At Coimbatore it has 

 also been found on cliohm. We have it also from Kanara, Chapra, 

 Dehra Dun, Lebong, the Khasi Hills and Helem (Assam). 



Lefroy reports the adult as feeding on pollen of cotton flowers, and 

 also found on rice, jute, cane and other crops (Arrow) and Mr. C. il. 

 Inglis reports the adults as damaging Lager sir ceniia at Laheria Serai. 

 <^^ I found this on heads of wheat. In Ceylon we carried on wheat- ^^- Senioi-Wbite. 

 growing experiments but this beetle gave us much trouble by damaging 

 the earheads. 



CJiiloloba acuta, Wied. 



Arrow, F. I. Ceton. p. 172, t. 2, f. 4 ; S. I. I. p. 284, f. 124 ; 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 178, 183, 188, 264-265, 



278, 281. 

 At Pachmarhi the larva has been reported to damage seedhngs of 

 cabbage, cauhflower, artichoke, etc. The beetles often occur in large 

 numbers and have been reported to damage rice flowers at Cuttack 

 and Nagpur. At Virajpet, in S. Coorg, the beetles were found on paddy 

 and on a wild grass [Pennisetum alopecurus). At Nagpur the beetle 

 has also been found on juar heads and at Pusa on rose leaves and flowers. 

 In Kashmir the adult was noted in very large numbers on flowers of 

 bhang (Cannabis saliva) on the road to Srinagar, and Mr. E. A. Andrews 

 reports it as having occurred on tea in the Bengal Duars in considerable 



