Chrysomelidae of Fiji — Bryant and Gressitt 
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Fig. 13. a, Vitibia melochiae Gressitt, n. sp., type; 
b, Vitibia melochiae , aedeagus. 
apically. Elytron subparallel-sided in basal two- 
thirds; disc subregularly punctured in about 
nine rows, the punctures irregular in size, 
mostly about two-thirds as wide as inter- 
spaces, much smaller in apical third. Ventral 
surfaces nearly impunctate. Length 2.3 mm.; 
breadth 1.15 mm. 
Female: Abdomen pitchy on first four seg- 
ments. Length 2.6 mm.; breadth 1.4 mm. 
Paratypes: Length 2. 3-2. 6 mm.; breadth 
1. 3-1.6 mm. 
vanua levu: Holotype, male (Bishop 
2413), Nakawanga, 75 m., on Melochia , Oct. 
8, 1955, Gressitt; allotopotype, female (Bish- 
op), same data; 22 paratopotypes, (Bishop, 
BM, US, CSIRO, CAS), same data. 
viti levu: Two, Korovou, Tailevu, Sept. 
20, 1937, Valentine; one, Mt. Victoria, 900 m., 
Sept. 16, 1938, Zimmerman; one, Nandarivatu, 
1100 itl, Sept. 6, 1938, Zimmerman; one, 
Tholo-i-suva (Colo-i-suva), June 21, 1924, 
Bryan; one, Lautoka, Mar. 1955, Krauss. 
kandavu : One, Drue, Apr. 20, 1941, 
Krauss. 
HOST: Melochia vitiensis A. Gray. 
Differs from V. vitiensis (Bryant) in being 
slightly smaller, paler, with the pronotal punc- 
tures slightly finer, the elytral punctures more 
regular and continuing farther posteriorly, 
and the aedeagus more suddenly narrowed 
before apex. 
37. Vitibia duplicata Gressitt, n. sp. 
Fig. 14** 
Male: Ochraceous, hyaline; legs and an- 
tenna testaceous, latter with apices of distal 
segments slightly darkened. Ventral surfaces 
and appendages with sparse pale suberect 
hairs. 
Head nine-tenths as broad as prothorax, as 
wide as deep, moderately punctured at middle; 
occiput finely grooved anteriorly and min- 
utely punctured; gena short. Antenna nearly 
five-sixths as long as body; scape one-third 
again as long as second segment; third sub- 
equal in length to second, distinctly shorter 
than fourth; fourth to sixth subequal; seventh 
and following slightly longer, subequal. Pro- 
thorax six-sevenths as long as broad, just over 
seven-tenths as broad as elytra, rounded at 
side, distinctly narrowed anteriorly, widest 
well behind middle; disc convex, irregularly 
punctured, the interspaces one to three times 
as wide as punctures. Scutellum short, rounded 
Fig. 14. a, Vitibia duplicata Gressitt, n. sp., aedeagus: 
b, Vitibia rujilabris Bryant, n. sp., type; c, Vitibia rufila- 
bris, aedeagus. 
