Chrysomelidae of Fiji — Bryant and Gressitt 
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tures, elytron black, nitid, punctate-striate. 
Length 2. 0-2. 5 mm. 
Male: Head rufous, slightly rugose be- 
tween antennal bases, eye reniform. Antenna 
extending almost to middle of elytron, seven 
basal segments flavous, apical four slightly 
fuscous, first segment slightly more dilated 
than second. Prothorax rufous, nitid, with a 
few scattered punctures, widest at base, side 
slightly c ontracted behind middle then slightly 
widening and contracted in front. Scutellum 
black, narrowly oblong, impunctate. Elytron 
black, nitid, punctate-striate, widest at base, 
gradually tapering to apex. Underside with 
prosternum rufous, abdominal sternites black, 
nitid. Legs flavous. 
Female: Differs in its slightly larger size, 
and a deep fovea in the apical ventral segment. 
viti levu: Holotype, male (Bishop 2401), 
Korovou, Tailevu, Sept. 20, 1939, Valentine; 
allotopotype and one paratopotype (Bishop, 
BM), same data. One female paratype, ridge 
west of Nandarivatu, Sept. 11, 1938, Zim- 
merman; another from Lami, Mar. 1951, 
Krauss. 
lau: One male, Vanua Mbalavu, Mvana, 
Aug. 9, 1938. 
OVALAU: One male, Andubangda, July 15, 
1938, Zimmerman. 
Somewhat allied to L. leveri Bry., but small- 
er, the color pattern is different, and the elytra 
are more strongly punctate-striate. 
15. Loxopleurus vitiensis Bryant 
Loxopleurus vitiensis Bryant, 1943, Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 11, 10: 566. 
Male: Testaceous to reddish brown, vari- 
able; often with a broad reddish band across 
pronotal disc, a similar one across elytral base, 
and a narrower one behind middle of elytra. 
Head grossly punctured; eyes contiguous 
above. Antenna three-fourths as long as body, 
slightly flattened distally. Prothorax nearly as 
broad as elytra, smooth and shiny, with an 
oblique groove on side. Elytron feebly seriate- 
punctuate; last three rows more deeply punc- 
tured and slightly grooved. Ventral surfaces in 
part densely punctured. Length 2. 6-2. 9 mm. 
Female: Antenna three-fifths as long as 
body. Length 3-3.6 mm. 
viti levu: Mt. Victoria, west slope, Tholo 
North, Naivithula, Tailevu, Sept. 1937, Val- 
entine; Tholo-i-suva, June 1924, Bryan and 
July 1938, Zimmerman; Nandarivatu, Sept. 
1938, Zimmerman; Lami Quarry, July 1938, 
Zimmerman and May 1951, Krauss; near 
Suva, Feb. 1952, Gressitt. 
16. Loxopleurus rotumanus Gressitt, n. sp. 
Fig. 6 
Female: Testaceous; occiput pitchy; pro- 
notum with a large central vaguely bordered 
pitchy area; scutellum ochraceous; elytron 
testaceous with basal, external, and apical 
margins broadly pitchy, and suture very nar- 
rowly reddish; ventral surfaces entirely pale 
except for posterior margins of first three 
abdominal sternites. 
Head with a few punctures on frons, which 
is subtriangular and somewhat raised; eyes 
nearly touching above, each deeply emar- 
ginate near middle. Antenna three-fifths as 
long as body; last six segments slightly thick- 
ened; scape longer than second and third 
Fig. 5. Loxopleurus ruficollis Bryant, n. sp. 
