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spaces; dorsum partly greenish 
bronzy, at least across center of pro- 
notum and on parts of elytron. . . 16 
r a 
Pronotal punctures moderate, most- 
ly one-half as wide to nearly as wide 
as interspaces; dorsum pale except 
for suture which is sometimes 
slightly darkened; orifice of aedeagus 
twice as long as broad . . . duplicata 
16(15). Largely pale, with slight darkening 
on pronotum and elytron; elytral 
punctures not entirely minute behind 
middle obscura obscura 
Fig. 11. a, Vitibia formosa , aedeagus; b, Vitibia mon- 
tana Gressitt, n. sp., aedeagus; c, Vitibia greenwoodi, 
aedeagus. 
Largely metallic green, with pale 
areas on apex and base of pronotum 
and with a parasutural pale stripe on 
elytron from base to apex; elytral 
punctures minute behind middle. . . 
obscura submetallica 
30. Vitibia formosa (Baly) 
Fig. 11 a 
Rhyparida formosa Baly, 1877, Ent. Soc. Lon- 
don, Trans. 1877: 40 (New Hebrides; type 
in Brit. Mus.). 
Vitibia formosa Fairmaire, 1882, Soc. Ent. de 
France, Ann. Ser. 6, 1: 485. 
Bright ochraceous red, paler on legs and 
ventral surfaces; elytron metallic green; an- 
tenna black beyond fourth segment. Head 
feebly punctured; prothorax feebly punctured; 
elytron with rows of moderate punctures 
which disappeaf on posterior portion of disc. 
Length 5-6.2 mm. 
viti LEVU: Londoni, Tailevu, Aug. 1937, 
Valentine. 
ovalau: Levuka, Nov. 1937, Valentine. 
kandavu: Yawi, Apr. 1941, Krauss, six 
specimens. 
NEW HEBRIDES. 
HOST: On leaf of Excoecaria agallocha L., 
after Lever; Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol, after 
Valentine. 
31. Vitibia rufoviolacea Fairmaire 
Vitibia rufoviolacea Fairmaire, 1882, Soc. Ent. 
de France, Ann. Ser. 6, 1: 485 (Viti; type in 
Paris Mus.). 
Reddish testaceous, shiny; elytra violace- 
ous, metallic greenish apically; antenna 
brownish with first three and base of fourth 
testaceous. Prothorax finely and sparsely 
punctured; elytron finely and irregularly punc- 
tured posteriorly. Length 6 mm. 
Fiji: Described from "lies Viti.” No mate- 
rial is at hand; possibly this is the same as the 
preceding. 
32. Vitibia m out ana Gressitt, n. sp. 
Fig. lib 
Male: Testaceous, slightly darker on su- 
ture in basal third; distal portion of last five 
antennal segments pitchy; parts of thoracic 
pleura and ventral hind margin of prothorax 
pitchy brown. Ventral surfaces and legs with 
a few scattered pale hairs. 
Head nearly six-sevenths as broad as pro- 
thorax, about as deep as wide, almost im- 
punctate. Antenna five-sevenths as long as 
body; scape one-half again as long as second 
segment; third as long as second; fourth as 
long as scape, subequal to fifth and sixth; 
seventh to last longer, subequal. Prothorax 
nearly seven-eighths as long as broad, just 
over five-eighths as broad as elytra, somewhat 
