Chrysomelidae of Fiji — Bryant and Gressitt 
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Fig. 9. Rhyparida fijiensis Gressitt, n. sp. 
as long as scape; third nearly as long as scape; 
fourth longer than scape; fifth and following 
subequal. Prothorax five-sevenths as long as 
broad, convex in outline on four sides, some- 
what narrower at apex than at base; disc 
rather coarsely punctured, somewhat closely 
so at side. Scutellum as long as broad, parallel- 
sided, rounded behind. Elytron slightly broad- 
ened to behind middle, then narrowed; disc 
coarsely punctured, almost foveate-punctate, 
in somewhat irregular, more or less complete, 
rows, the punctures mostly rather widely 
spaced. Ventral surfaces shiny and impunctate 
on metasternum, feebly punctured, punctu- 
late, or wrinkled on metepisternum and ab- 
domen. Femora not toothed. Length 6.7 mm.; 
breadth 3.6 mm. 
viti levu: Holotype, female (Bishop 2406), 
Tholo-i-suva, 150 m., Aug. 25, 1938, Zim- 
merman, taken by beating shrubs. 
Differs from R. dispar Bryant in being 
larger, more heavily and less regularly punc- 
tured, and more uniformly colored. 
23. Rhyparida laddi Gressitt, n. sp. 
Female: Pitchy reddish brown, more red- 
dish on elytron, ventral surfaces and legs, but 
darker on occiput, pronotum, parts of tibiae, 
and apices of femora. Body glabrous except 
for a few minute hairs on ventral surfaces; 
antenna and legs with some oblique or sub- 
erect pale hairs. 
Head distinctly narrower than prothorax, 
about as wide as deep, finely and closely 
punctured except along median line of occi- 
put behind center. Antenna two-thirds as long 
as body, slender; scape barely thickened, 
twice as long as second segment; third slightly 
longer than second; fourth slightly longer 
than scape, and slightly longer than fifth; 
sixth and following subequal, each not quite 
as long as fourth. Prothorax one-half as long 
as broad, not quite three-fourths as broad as 
elytra, distinctly rounded at side, narrower at 
apex than at base, broadest slightly behind 
center; disc moderately convex, finely and 
irregularly punctured with at least 15 punc- 
tures in an approximate mid-longitudinal row; 
interspaces between punctures somewhat 
raised, giving an uneven appearance. Scutellum 
longer than broad, rounded apically. Elytron 
nearly three times as long as prothorax, paral- 
lel-sided in basal two-thirds, evenly rounded 
with its fellow apically; disc punctured in 
about 19 rows at middle, the rows in part 
regular and in part irregular or unevenly 
spaced, with extra rows near scutellum and 
below humerus; disc swollen along hypo- 
thetical humeral ridge almost to apex. Ventral 
surfaces apparently impunctate. Length 5.7 
mm.; breadth 3.65 mm. 
viti levu: Holotype, female (Bishop 2407), 
above Matainanu, alt. 125 m., northeast 
coast of Viti Levu I., June 17, 1928, H. S. 
Ladd. 
Differs from R. luteola Fairmaire in being 
glabrous above, in having the elytral punc- 
tures arranged in moderately regular rows and 
not nearly so dense and numerous, and with 
the pronotum also much less closely punc- 
tured. 
