Chrysomelidae of Fiji — Bryant and Gressitt 
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The following five species appear to be intro- 
duced to Fiji: 
Aulacophora nigrivestis (Boisduval) 
Aulacophora quadrimaculata (Fabricius) 
Aulacophora similis (Olivier) 
Plesistia hrunnea Maulik 
Altica corusca Erichson 
Possibly Plesistia hrunnea evolved in Fiji, and 
was introduced to Samoa. It is also possible 
that Promecotheca caeruleipennis Blanchard (rei- 
chii Baly) might have been introduced from 
Tonga to Fiji, or vice versa. Taylor (1937) 
considered it indigenous to Fiji. 
Thus, except for the preceding two species 
and Vitihia formosa (Baly), Phyllotreta hlack- 
hurni Bryant, and the genus Eurydemus , all of 
the non-introduced species in Fiji appear to 
be endemic. Seventy-one kinds are described 
in this paper as new, and, of these, six are new 
subspecies. Two new genera are proposed. 
Local endemicity within Fiji appears to be 
clearly developed. The species from Kandavu, 
Moala, and Lau are in many cases different 
from those of the main islands, and different 
from each other. Many of the species from 
Ovalau appear to be the same as those on Viti 
Levu, and a similar relationship appears to 
exist between those of Taveuni and Vanua 
Levu. As to Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, there 
appear to be both species in common and 
sibling species or separate races on the two 
islands. A number of species listed as com- 
mon to the two main islands may actually 
consist of weak separate races. Again, the 
problem of determining limits of species 
renders most difficult the decisions on mono- 
insular endemicity. 
TABLE 1 
Distribution of Fijian Chrysomelidae 
Viti Levu 
Ovalau 
Vanua Levu 
Taveuni 
Central Fiji 
Lau I. 
Kandavu 
OTHER 
LOCALITIES 
Cryptocephalinae 
1. Coenobius geniostomae Gr., n. sp. 
X 
2. C. m. marginipennis Bry 
X 
X 
X 
3. C. m. lauensis Gr., n. subsp. . . . 
X 
X 
4. C. producticollis Gr., n. sp 
X 
X 
5. C. zimmermani Gr., n. sp. .... 
X 
6. Ditropidus punctulatus Chapuis . 
X 
7. D. tibialis Chapuis 
? 
8. Pycnophthalma cuprea Bry 
9. P. aureopilosus (Bry.) 
X 
10. P. apicale Bry., n. sp 
X 
11. P. leveri Bry 
X 
12. Loxopleurus costipennis Bry 
X 
X 
13. L. leveri Bry 
X 
14. L. ruficollis Bry., n. sp 
X 
X 
15. L. vitiensis Bry 
X 
16. L. rotumanus Gr., n. sp 
Rotuma 
17. Cryptocephalus prater cuius 
Chapuis 
Eumolpinae 
18. Lindinia glabrata Bry., n. sp. . 
X 
19- Rhyparida dispar Bry 
X 
X 
20. R. trapezicollis Fairmaire .... 
X 
X 
X 
21. R. oblonga Bry., n. sp 
X 
22. R. fijiensis Gr., n. sp 
X 
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