Chrysomelidae of Fiji — Bryant and Gressitt 
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Paratypes: Length 1.65-2 mm.; breadth 
0.95-1.1 mm. 
viti levu: Holotype (Bishop 2427), Nan- 
darivatu, Jan. 1955, Krauss. Six paratopotypes 
(Bishop, BM, US), Oct. 18, 1937, Valentine; 
Sept. 14, 1938, 800 m., Zimmerman; Jan. 
1955, Krauss. 
Differs from S. leveri (Bryant) in having 
the elytron evenly convex and declivitous at 
side, and not vertical and ridged behind 
humerus, as well as the pro thorax more nar- 
rowed anteriorly. The dorsum is entirely 
golden green and the legs are entirely pale. 
52. Stygnobia leveri (Bryant), n. comb. 
Trichostola leveri Bryant, 1942, Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. Ser. 11, 9 : 511 (Nandarivatu; 
Taveuni; type in Brit. Mus.). 
Cupreous above, black beneath; pubescent; 
first six antennal segments and legs flavous. 
Head strongly punctured and pubescent; an- 
tenna slender, with last five segments slightly 
thickened; prothorax strongly punctured and 
clothed with fine pubescence, strongly trans- 
verse, rounded at side; scutellum subquad- 
rate; elytron strongly punctured, the punc- 
tures irregular, clothed with gray pubescence; 
meso- and metasternum strongly punctured; 
abdominal sternites almostimpunctate. Length 
2 mm. 
VITI levu: Nandarivatu (type locality). 
Ridge west of Nandarivatu, Sept. 11, Mt. 
Korombamba, Aug. 1, Tholo-i-suva, Aug. 21, 
Belt road, 60 km. west of Suva, July 23, 1938, 
Zimmerman. Lami Quarry, near Suva, Mar., 
May 1951, Krauss. Near Suva, Feb. 6, 1952, 
Gressitt. 
OVALAU: Andubangda, July 15, 1938, Zim- 
merman. 
VANUA levu: Baku road, 12 km. east of 
Lambasa, on Alphitonia and Glochidion , Oct. 
6, Navukuru to Nakawanga, Oct. 7, Naka- 
wanga, on Couthovia , Pip turns, and Alphitonia , 
Oct. 8, 1955, Gressitt. 
taveuni: Near Buthalevu; Waiyevo. 
hosts: Alphitonia zizyphoides (Spreng.) A. 
Gray; Glochidion cor datum (Muell. Arg.) 
Seem.; Couthovia corynocarpa A. Gray; Pip turns 
argenteus var. lanosus Skcttsb. 
53. Stygnobia ovalaua Gressitt, n. sp. 
Fig. 20 d 
Metallic greenish black, slightly bronzy on 
pronotum, somewhat purplish on elytron, 
particularly at side; antenna testaceous except 
for last segment which is pitchy; legs purplish 
pitchy, testaceous on tarsi and apices of 
tibiae. Body moderately clothed with curved, 
posteriorly directed silvery hairs. 
Head five-sevenths as broad as prothorax, 
fairly smooth and even, moderately punctured, 
more densely so on postocciput. Antenna 
nearly three-fourths as long as body, thick- 
ened basally and distally, very slender in 
third to sixth segments; scape a little longer 
than second; third slightly shorter than second 
and fourth; last longest. Prothorax about 
three-fourths as long as broad, somewhat 
evenly rounded at side, slightly narrower at 
apex than at base, slightly narrower than ely- 
tra; disc heavily punctured, the punctures 
mostly as wide as interspaces. Scutellum sub- 
oblong, obtuse behind. Elytron broadest near 
middle, distinctly narrowed posteriorly, ver- 
tical at side, somewhat ridged behind hu- 
merus; disc unevenly punctured, the punc- 
tures rather small, close and irregular on 
sutural half of basal portion, much stronger, 
and subseriate on humeral half of base, and 
much sparser and mostly irregular on pos- 
terior half. Ventral surfaces deeply punctured 
in rows on metasternum, feebly rugulose on 
abdomen. Length 2.08 mm.; breadth 1.17 
mm. 
ovalau: Holotype, female (Bishop 2428), 
Andubangda, 600 m., July 15, 1938, Zimmer- 
man. Five paratopotypes (Bishop, BM), same 
data. 
MOALA: One, Naroi, 200 m., Aug. 24, 1938, 
Zimmerman. 
viti levu: One specimen, Tholo-i-suva, 
July 27, 1938, Zimmerman; another, possibly 
