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to R. pulvinaria, Newst., which occupies a similar position beneath 

 the sheathing leaves of various grasses ; but this latter species is of 

 a much smaller size and has a more simple anal ring. 



The insects were found on damaged sugarcane from Gorakhpur, 

 sent by the Director of Land Records and Agriculture, North- 

 West Provinces and Oudh, 



4.— DIAGNOSES MELOLONTHIDARUM NOVARUM 

 EX BANGALORE. 



By Ernst Brenske. 



Adoretus bangalorensis, n. sp. 



Plate IV. Jigs. /, 2. 



Long. 1 1-13. Lat 6-7. mm. $ . ? . 



Caput magnum, oculi magni, flaveobrunneus parum metallescens, 

 brevissime pilosus. Clypeo rotundato, fortiter marginato subtiliter 

 dense punctato. Fronte parva. Thorace angulis posticis rotun,- 

 datis, minus dense punctato. Elytris subtiliter costulatis, sequaliter 

 pilosis. Labro magno, subtillissime carinato. Tarsis parvis, flabello 

 parvo stipite breviore. Pygidio dense piloso, apice parum nitido. 



Adoretus caliginosus, Burm., var. bicolor, nov, 



Plate IV. Jigs. 3, 4. 



Capite toto fusco, pygidio subtilissime piloso. 



This species is widely distributed throughout British India. 



Both the above insects were received from the Superintendent, 

 Mysore Government Botanical Gardens, Bangalore, where they 

 wree found attacking rose-bushes. 



