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tinctly margined; scutellum rounded; elytron 
striate-punctate; humerus prominent; femora 
swollen and toothed beneath; tarsi broad. 
The following two species have been united, 
but appear quite distinct on the basis of 
material before us. 
KEY TO FIJIAN species of Eurydemus 
1. Elytral punctures in regular, widely spaced 
longitudinal rows; dark reddish castane- 
ous grandis 
Elytral punctures larger, in numerous 
partly irregular rows, without broad 
smooth interpunctural strips; paler, some- 
what brick-red insignis 
56. Eurydemus grandis (Baly) 
Rhyparida grandis Baly, 1861, Jour. Ent. 1: 
287 (New Caledonia). 
Eurydemus grandis Baly, 1878, Linn. Soc. 
London, Jour. 14: 259- 
Bright reddish, dark on distal portion of 
antenna, on tarsi, and parts of tibiae and on 
femoral apices. Head finely and closely punc- 
tured; antenna slender, segments subequal in 
length except second and third segments 
shorter, with second two-thirds as long as 
third; prothorax finely and fairly closely punc- 
tured; elytron regularly punctured in slightly 
sinuous, but even, rows, the interspaces be- 
tween rows mostly twice as wide as punctures. 
Length 9-10.8 mm.; breadth 5-5.8 mm. 
ovalau : Wainiloka, Sept. 29, 1937, Val- 
entine. 
vanua levu: Nakawanga, on Phaleria and 
Elacourtia, Oct. 9, 1955, Gressitt. 
kandavu : Wai Salima and Ndavingeile, 
Apr. 1941, Krauss. 
HOSTS: Terminalia leaf (Lever); Phaleria 
acuminata (A. Gray) Gilg (?), and Elacourtia 
vitiensis (Seem.) A. C. Smith. 
57. Eurydemus insignis Chapuis 
Eurydemus insignis Chapuis, 1874, Gen. Col. 
10: 334, note 1, pi. 122, fig. 4 (Australia); 
Fairmaire, 1882, Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 
Ser. 6, 1: 482 (Fiji). 
Bright reddish brown, tinged in part with 
pitchy; somewhat brick-red on elytron. Head 
finely and somewhat closely punctured; an- 
tenna slender, segments subequal in length 
except second shorter; prothorax finely, but 
not very closely, punctured; elytron somewhat 
heavily punctured, but the punctures partly 
irregular, only in part forming regular rows. 
Length 11 mm.; breadth 5.5 mm. 
taveuni: Ngathabula (Qacabula) on Ta- 
bernaemontana , Nov. 1937, Valentine. 
HOST: Tabernaemontana sp. 
Genus stethotes Baly 
Stethotes Baly, 1867, Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 
Ser. 3, 4: 254 (type here designated as 
Pyropida elegantula Baly, 1864; Amboina). 
Ovate, strongly convex; eye entire, strongly 
swollen; prothorax narrower than elytra, dis- 
tinctly narrowed anteriorly, feebly margined 
at side; elytron strongly narrowed posteriorly; 
femora swollen, generally toothed beneath 
(not so in Fijian species). The following may 
require a new genus. 
KEY TO FIJIAN SPECIES OF Stethotes 
1. Pronotum striate-punctate near anterior 
border; pronotum with more than 15 
punctures in an approximate longitudinal 
median row; elytron with a few regular 
rows of punctures rufipes 
Pronotum not striate-punctate, with less 
than 12 punctures in an approximate lon- 
gitudinal median row; and with a sub- 
median impunctate area; elytron with 
suberect hairs throughout; elytron with 
many subregular rows of punctures 
setosa 
58. Stethotes rufipes Bryant 
Fig. 22 c 
Stethotes rufipes Bryant, 1945, Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. Ser. 11, 12: 426, fig. 9 (Mt. 
Lautoka, Loloti; type in Brit. Mus.). 
