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The nest group to be considered are the Rutelini, a division contain- 

 ing a number of pests. In June 1899 the Superintendent of the 

 Victoria Gardens, Bombay, noted that both the larvae and imagines of a 

 beetle, subsequently identified as Anomala dorsalis, were doing much 

 damage to the lilies in the garden. " They attack one particular kind 

 of Crinum only, viz., C. latifolium. They come flying in large num- 

 bers late in the evening and devour all the flowers most greedily, so 

 that in the morning there is not a single open flower left on any of the 

 plants. The larvje are found eating the leaves, etc., of Eucharis lilies 

 and tuberoses." The attack was re- 

 ported again the following year. The 

 beetle responsible is shown enlarged 

 in Fig. 112. A variety of this beetle 

 was named by Brenske A. dorsalis 

 tar. fuscct. Anomala viridis is a 

 largish bright green shining chafer 

 reported as stripping leaves off Alder 

 (Alnus nepalensis) trees in June 

 between 5,000-6,000 feet elevation in 

 the Darjiling Himalayas. Fig. 113 

 sliows Holotrichia imitatrix, a blackish 

 chafer from Sikkim and Fig. 114 

 II. andamana, a shining yellowish 



brown Melulonthid from the Anda- 



FlG. 112. —Anomala dorsalis (Bom- 

 mailS. bay). C X 2 ). 



Mimela leei is a shining irridescent brilliant metallic green beetle with 



Fig. 113.— -Holotrichia imitatrix (Sik- 

 kim). a. dorsal, &. side view, 

 c. enlarged antenna. 



Fig. 114. — Holotrichia andamana (An- 

 daman Islands), a. dorsal, b. 

 side view, c. enlarged antenna . 



