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than basal half, moderately narrowed pos- 
teriorly, strongly and subevenly convex, 
nearly vertical at side; disc regularly punc- 
tured in 11 rows at middle, with an extra 
scutellar row and an extra subhumeral row 
basally; punctures deep, distinct to apex, 
mostly separated longitudinally by spaces sub- 
equal to their diameters. Metasternum mod- 
erately punctured; abdominal sternites finely 
and irregularly punctured. Tarsal claws ap- 
parently bifid. Length 2.2 mm.; breadth 1.07 
mm. 
Paratypes: Length 2.05-2.1 mm.; breadth 
1-1.1 mm. 
vanua levu: Holotype, female (Bishop 
2422), Nakawanga, 50 m., central Vanua 
Levu, on Alocasia , Oct. 9, 1955, Gressitt; two 
female paratopotypes, same data. 
HOST: Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott. 
Differs from the following species in being 
smaller, more metallic, with the prothorax 
broader and more finely punctured, and the 
elytron more purplish and more finely punc- 
tured, and with one instead of two extra 
scutellar puncture-rows. 
55. Epinodostoma elongata Bryant, n. sp. 
Fig. 22 a, b 
Elongate, black, with metallic sheen, pro- 
thorax closely punctured, rounded at side. 
Elytron more strongly punctate-striate. An- 
tenna and legs deep fulvous to pitchy. 
Head metallic black, finely and closely 
punctured, with a median depression. An- 
tenna extending almost to middle of elytron, 
deep fulvous; five apical segments slightly 
thickened. Prothorax about as broad as long, 
the sides feebly rounded; metallic, black, 
closely punctured. Scutellum small, triangular, 
impunctate. Elytron elongate, parallel-sided 
and rounded at apex, metallic, black, strongly 
punctate-striate. Legs deep fulvous; femora 
darker than tibiae; tarsal claws appendiculate. 
Length 2-2.5 mm. 
viti levu: Holotype (Bishop 2423), Mt. 
Victoria, Tholo North, Sept. 13, 1938, beating 
shrubbery, Zimmerman; nine specimens. 
Fig. 22. a , Epinodostoma elongata Bryant, n. sp., type; 
b, Epinodostoma elongata , aedeagus; c, Stethotes rufipes, 
aedeagus; d , Stethotes setosa Gressitt, n. sp., aedeagus. 
Somewhat similar to V. pallipes Bryant on 
account of its narrow elongate form, but the 
color of the legs very distinctive. 
(typophorini) 
Genus eurydemus Chapuis 
Eurydemus Chapuis, 1874, Gen. Col. 10: 333 
(type E. insignis Chapuis; Australia). Le- 
fevre, 1885, Soc. Sci. Liege, Mem. Ser. 2, 
11: 136. 
Body large; head broad; antenna long and 
slender; prothorax narrowed anteriorly, dis- 
