PEOCEEDIXGS OF THE THIltD KNTOMOLOGICAL MKETl.VCi It^l 



Macroma mehnopiis, Sch. 

 Arrow, F. I. Ceton, p. 219. 



^ Adult beetles were found at Shillong in May and the beginning of 

 June 1918 on Buhus spp., usually on wild Rubus but also attacking 

 cultivated species. Damage slight. 



Arrow also records it from Manipur, Sylhet, Jaintias, N. Kyen Hills 

 (Burma) and Siam. 



Dynastid.e. 



Xylotnifes gideon, Linn. 



Arrow, F. I. Dyn., pp. 262-265, ff. 59. 



Recorded from Calcutta, Kurseong, Shillong, Sibsagar, Cachar, 

 Bombay, Travancore, Ceylon (Arrow). 



The Pusa Collection contains specimens from Dehra Dun, Meroara 

 (Coorg), Dacca, Tezpur, Khasi Hills (1,000-3,000 feet), Shillong, Heleiv. 

 (Assam), and the Philippines. At Tezpur the adult beetles were found 

 damaging seed indigo plants by gnawing and stripping the bark. 



[Enpatorvs hardwickei, Hope. 

 Arrow, F. I. Dyn., pp. 268-269. 

 While staying with Mr. J. R. P. Gent of the Forest Service in the Mr. Inglis. 

 Kurseong Division (elevation 6,000 feet) he brought in one of each of 

 Eicpatorus hardwickei and E. hardivickei canfori which he found stripping 

 the bark from an Alder (Alnvs nepalensis). As far as I remember, he 

 said the beetles were working vertically and doing a good deal of damage 

 by stripping off about four feet of the bark all round the tree.] 



Orycles nasicornis, L. 

 Arrow, F. I. Dynast., pp. 275-276 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 262. 



We have specimens from Quetta and had fcr determination from Mr. Fletcher. 

 Mr. Milne one specimen captured by him at Dalhousie. 



Recorded from Baluchistan, Kashmir, S. W. Asia, S. & S. E. Europe 

 (Arrow). 



This species is not definitely known as a pest but probably attacks 

 date-palms in North- West India. 



