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Fig. 



1J8. — Macronata peni- 

 cillata (Assam}. 



lichii (Plate III., Fig. 9) is another N. E. Himalaya species. It is a 

 greenish beetle of considerable size with 

 peculiarly curled elongate mandibles and 

 long legs, the anterior ones being espe- 

 cially lengthy. Mucronota penicillata 

 found in Assam (Fig. 118) is a Oetonid 

 with a curiously ridged triangular yellow 

 thorax and brown shining elytra with 

 yellow spots and yellow apices. Fig. 10, 

 in PI. III., reproduces the large shining- 

 green Cetonid beetle Agestrata oriclialcea of Burma. In Assam another 



very common shining green beetle of this 

 group is Heterorrhina hookeri (Fig. 119). 

 This beetle is to be found very plentifully 

 in the forests at the foot of the Bhutan 

 Hills in the neighbourhood of the ISunkos 

 and Reidak river and is probably distri- 

 buted for a considerable distance both to 

 the east and west of these rivers. It is most commonly found upon the 



Khair {Acacia catechu) 



trees which are at times 



completely defoliated. 



A common shining 



blackish-brown Cetonid 



of Bengal is Lomap- 



tera puella (Fig, 120). 



Another very common 



rose chafer beetle to be 



found throughout India 



is Glycyphana versi- 

 color (Fig. 121), a small reddish-coppery Cetonid with green margins to 

 the thorax, elytra and also along the suture of the elytra, the upper 

 surface of the insect being covered with small white spots, especially 

 numerous on the elytra. This insect is common in Dehra Dun 

 throughout July and August when it feeds upon the petals of the 

 rose bushes, 



Fig. 119— Hetororrhina hooked 

 (Bhutan Dual's). 



Fig. 121— Glycyphana 

 versicolor (India), 



Fig. 120 — Lomaptera puella 

 (Bengal), 



[To be continued.) 



