. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 350 RUTELIN.^. taken by Castets in Trichinopoli, the colour is almost uniformly dark above, only the sides of the pronotum being a little paler. This is an exceedingly abundant species in many parts of India and is tlie one referred to in Mr. T. B. Metcher's '⢠fSome South Indian Insects " by the incorrect name of AdovHus ovalis. It is there stated to cause serious injut\y by devouring the leaves of the ^rape-vine and mango. Specimens sent from Pusa were taken upon wild nettles, sugar-cane, Phaseolus radiatus, etc., so that the mature insects ar
. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 350 RUTELIN.^. taken by Castets in Trichinopoli, the colour is almost uniformly dark above, only the sides of the pronotum being a little paler. This is an exceedingly abundant species in many parts of India and is tlie one referred to in Mr. T. B. Metcher's '⢠fSome South Indian Insects " by the incorrect name of AdovHus ovalis. It is there stated to cause serious injut\y by devouring the leaves of the ^rape-vine and mango. Specimens sent from Pusa were taken upon wild nettles, sugar-cane, Phaseolus radiatus, etc., so that the mature insects are apjiarently general feeders. At Begum Serai, in Bengal, it is stated to have done serious damage to vines, attacking the fresh shoots after having absolutely stripped the plants of every leaf. Its depredations are committed by night, and during the daytime it may be found hiding in numbers just beneath the surface soil in the neighbourliood of the plants attacked. â 383. Adoretus versutus. (Plate V, tig. 42.) Adoretus versHtns, Harold, Col. Hefte, v, 1809, p. 124; Scott, Trans. Linn. See. xv, 1912, p. 235, pi. xii, tigs. 10-12. Adoretus vestitus, Boh., Resa Eugen. 1858, p. 56; Oliaus, Entom. Blatt. viii, 1912, p. 220. Adoretus bauf/alorensi'!, Brenske,* Ind. Mns. Notes, v, 1900, p. 88. Adoretus ritiettsis, Nontr., Deutsche Ent. Zeits. 1891, p. 208. Adoretus insularis, Fairm., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xli, 1897, p. 105. Eeddish chestnut, with the forehead and pronotum, except the «ides of the latter and sometimes a median line, dark and evenly but not very densely clothed with grey decumbent Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Arrow, G. J. (Gilbert John), 1873-1948. London, Taylor and Francis
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