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Head closely punctured with fine pubescence; 
antenna slender, third to sixth segments slen- 
der and subequal, last acuminate; prothorax 
slightly transverse, strongly punctured, with 
fine scattered pubescence, and rounded side; 
scutellum subquadrate, impunctate; elytron pa- 
rallel-sided, rounded apically, strongly punc- 
tate-striate, with very fine pubescence; meso- 
and metasternum strongly punctured. Length 
2 mm. 
VITI LEVU: Nandarivatu; Nausori. Nanda- 
rivatu, Oct. 1937, Valentine and ridge west of 
Nandarivatu, 800 m., Mt. Victoria, 900 m., 
Sept. 1938, Zimmerman; Lami Quarry, May 
1951, Mar. 1955, Krauss. 
ovalau : Thawathi, Draiba trail, July 1938, 
Zimmerman. 
vanua levu: Nakawanga to Wailevu, Oct. 
1955, Gressitt. 
One hundred twenty-five specimens. 
65. Demotina vitiensis Bryant 
Demotina vitiensis Bryant, 1931, Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 10, 8: 359, fig. 5 (E. 
Viti Levu; type in Brit. Mus.). 
Plum-brown, with darker markings form- 
ing patches and irregular transverse bands; 
antenna with four basal segments flavous, the 
rest fuscous; prothorax clothed with fine 
whitish adpressed scales; elytron with very 
short fine scales. Head with short adpressed 
whitish scales; antenna slender, scape longer 
and more swollen than second; third and 
fourth long and slender, sixth a little shorter 
than fifth, and last five more swollen and sub- 
equal; prothorax slightly transverse, rounded 
at side, strongly punctured, median portion 
of base and side darker; scutellum subquadrate; 
elytron oblong, rounded apically, with scales 
shorter than those on pronotum, strongly 
punctate-striate, with four incomplete dark 
bands. Length 2.5 mm. 
viti levu: Nanduruloulou; Nausori; Suva; 
Mt. Lautoka. Nandarivatu and ridge west of 
Nandarivatu, 1000 m., Sept., Mt. Korom- 
bamba, Aug. 1938, Zimmerman; Belt road 
a 
Fig. 25. a , Demotina met attic a Bryant, n. n.; b, Demo- 
tina bifasciata Bryant, n. sp. 
14 km. west of Suva, Tholo-i-suva, July 1938, 
Zimmerman; Vunindava, May 1941, Krauss; 
Lami, May 1951, Krauss; Nasinu, Apr. 1951, 
Krauss. 
ovalau: A doubtful specimen, Andu- 
bangda, July 1938, Zimmerman. 
vanua levu: Daku road, east of Limbasa, 
on Glochidion (100 specimens), Macaranga , 
Decaspermum , and Psidium, Oct. 1955, Gres- 
sitt; Nakawanga, Oct. 1955, Gressitt. 
lau: Olorua L, Fulangi I., Aug. 1924, 
Bryan; Munia I., Aug. 1933, Zimmerman. 
Some doubtful specimens, Mvana, Vanua 
Mbalavu I., Aug. 1938, Zimmerman; Aiwa I. 
and Oneata I., Aug. 1924, Bryan. 
One hundred eighty-four specimens. 
HOSTS: Glochidion cordatum (Muell. Arg.) 
Seem.; Macaranga memhranacea Muell. Arg.; 
Decaspermum fruticosum Forst.; Psidium gua- 
java L. 
66. Demotina hijasciata Bryant, n. sp. 
Fig. 25 b 
Oblong, subcylindrical, gray-black covered 
with short golden scale-like hairs; strongly 
punctured, elytron with two transverse bands 
formed of white patches of pubescence be- 
hind middle. 
Head more or less fulvous, impunctate, 
clothed with short golden pubescence. An- 
tenna fulvous, extending to middle of elytron; 
five terminal segments slightly thickened. Pro- 
