Chrysomelidae of Fiji — Bryant and Gressitt 
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in obliquely longitudinal grooves. Scutellum 
slightly longer than broad, rounded apically. 
Elytron somewhat convex externally, broadest 
at middle, evenly curved posteriorly; disc with 
11 distinct rows of punctures at middle and 
an extra scutellar and extra subhumeral row; 
punctures fairly large near humerus, but much 
smaller than interspaces along suture and on 
apical portion. Ventral surfaces strongly punc- 
tured on metasternum and finely punctured 
on abdomen. Length 3.1 mm.; breadth 1.3 
mm. 
Paratypes: Varying from entirely reddish 
brown to pitchy black tinged in spots with 
reddish. Length 2. 4-2. 9 mm.; breadth 1.2- 
1.5 mm. 
kandavu : Holotype, male (Bishop 2409), 
Yawi, Apr. 28, 1941, Krauss; allotopotype, 
female (Bishop), same data. Nine paratopo- 
types (Bishop, BM, USNM, CSIRO), same 
data. Eleven paratypes, Vambea, Ono I., 
Kandavu Group, Apr. 30, 1941, Krauss. 
Differs from R. vermiculata Gressitt in being 
smaller, in having shorter legs, in having the 
pronotum partly strigose and partly sparsely 
punctured, instead of entirely vermiculate, 
and the elytron with only one extra scutellar 
row of punctures. 
27. Rhyparida strigosa (Bryant) new comb. 
Fig. 10 d 
Nodostoma strigosa Bryant, 1945, Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 11, 12: 424, fig. 6 
(Tamavua; type in Brit. Mus.). 
Black, metallic; anterior margin of pro- 
thorax narrowly fulvous; antenna with first 
six segments flavous and remainder fulvous; 
tibiae and tarsi fulvous. Head strigose; an- 
tenna slender, with third to sixth segments 
subequal; prothorax with side rounded basally 
and slightly contracted in front, strongly but 
not closely punctured; elytron strongly punc- 
tate-striate, the punctures stronger than on 
pronotum; mesosternum with a few strong 
punctures; first abdominal sternite twice as 
long as second. Length 3 mm. 
viti levu: Tamavua (type locality). Six 
from Bulu, near Sovi, Apr. 21, 1941, Krauss. 
One reddish female specimen from Naroi, 
Moala I. (Aug. 24, 1938, Zimmerman) is 
close to this species, but probably represents 
a different race. 
28. Rhyparida hryani Gressitt, n. sp. 
Fig. 10<? 
Male: Pitchy black, somewhat reddish on 
base and side of elytron, antenna, fore part of 
head, ventral surfaces, and legs. Pronotum 
with indistinct fine recumbent hairs; elytron 
with sparse minute scale and a few minute 
suberect hairs. 
Head just over three-fourths as broad as 
prothorax, fully as broad as deep, finely and 
not very closely punctured on frons, some- 
what densely substrigose-punctate on occi- 
put, slightly grooved above eye. Antenna just 
over one-half as long as body, moderately 
stout distally; scape stout, a little longer than 
second segment and considerably thicker; 
third subequal to second and fifth, slightly 
longer than sixth and slightly shorter than 
fourth; seventh and following about as long 
as third, but much stouter. Rrothorax just over 
three-fourths as long as broad, nearly three- 
fourths as broad as elytra, distinctly rounded 
at side, slightly narrower at apex than at base, 
convex apically and basally; disc convex, 
deeply impressed with longitudinal punctures 
which are mostly about as wide as interspaces, 
with roughly 15 in an approximate mid-longi- 
tudinal row. Scutellum pentagonal, slightly 
longer than broad, narrowed from base. Ely- 
tron just over twice as long as prothorax, sub- 
parallel-sided in basal two-thirds; disc deeply 
punctured in 12 regular rows at middle, with 
two extra scutellar rows, the interstices some- 
what raised, and mostly about as wide as the 
punctures. Ventral surfaces punctured along 
margin of metasternum and vaguely punc- 
tured on abdomen. Length 2.3 mm.; breadth 
1.3 mm. 
Paratypes: Sometimes entirely black ex- 
