Chrysomelidae of Fiji — Bryant and Gressitt 
Pronotum sparsely or very finely punc- 
tured; elytron with regular, widely 
spaced rows of fine punctures 5 
4(3); Elytron with numerous, close, and 
slightly irregular puncture-rows; dor- 
sum pitchy, slightly dull. ..... . laddi 
Elytron with very large punctures in 
slightly irregular rows; dorsum bright 
reddish brown, shiny fijiensis 
5(3). Pronotum punctured, distinctly nar- 
rowed anteriorly; dorsum reddish to 
pitchy; elytron with interspaces some- 
what convex 6 
Pronotum impunctate, nearly as broad 
just behind apex as at base; dorsum 
shiny black, rarely reddish on elytron; 
elytral interspaces flat . . . trapezicollis 
6(5). Reddish, with central portion of pro- 
notal disc blackish; length of body less 
than 6 mm.; elytron less than three 
times as long as prothorax. . . . dispar 
Pitchy black, slightly reddish on elytral 
bases; length of body more than 6.5 
mm.; elytron more than three times 
as long as prothorax oblonga 
7(1). Pronotum finely pubescent 8 
Pronotum glabrous, flat, closely vermi- 
culate-punctate; elytron glabrous, shiny 
reddish vermiculata 
8(7). Elytron glabrous or very nearly so; 
pronotum smooth or longitudinally 
ridged between fine punctures 9 
Elytron with minute scales or hairs; 
pronotum rather convex on disc, with 
dense punctures which are not ar- 
ranged in longitudinal grooves; Lau E 
bryani 
9(8). Pronotal punctures largely in longitu- 
dinal or obliquely longitudinal grooves 
on side of disc; about 18 punctures in 
an approximate median longitudinal 
row; pronotal hairs fairly conspicuous; 
punctures in middle of second and 
third elytral rows separated transversely 
21 
by spaces about three times as wide as 
punctures kandavu 
Pronotal punctures not in grooves; 
about 12 punctures in an approximate 
median longitudinal row; pronotal 
hairs rather inconspicuous; punctures 
in middle of second and third elytral 
rows separated transversely by spaces 
barely wider than their diameters .... 
strigosa 
19- Rhyparida dispar Bryant 
Fig. 8 a 
Rhyparida dispar Bryant, 1925, Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. Ser. 9, 15: 593 (Labasa; type in 
Brit. Mus.). 
Ochraceous-castaneous, middle portion of 
pronotum and an interrupted stripe on elytral 
Fig. 8. a, Rhyparida dispar, aedeagus; b, Rhyparida 
trapezicollis, aedeagus; c, Rhyparida oblonga Bryant, n. 
sp.; d, Rhyparida oblonga, aedeagus. 
