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viti levu: Eleven, questionably this spe- 
cies: Nandarivatu, Mt. Victoria, Navai-Na- 
songa trail, 1000 m., Sept. 1938, Zimmerman. 
vanua levu: Two, possibly this species: 
Daku road, east of Lambasa, on Alphitonia , 
Oct. 6, 1955, Gressitt. 
taveuni: Waiyevo (type locality). 
HOST: Alphitonia zizyphoides (Spreng.) A. 
Gray. 
70. Demotina dissimilis Bryant 
Demotina dissimilis Bryant, 1931, Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 10, 8: 358, figs. 3, 4 
(Waiyevo; type in Brit. Mus.). 
Male: Plum-brown with adpressed whitish 
scales forming a pattern on elytron; antenna 
and legs fulvous. Head feebly punctured, 
carinate medially; antenna long and slender, 
fourth segment equal to second and third 
together; prothorax strongly and remotely 
punctured, widest behind middle; scutellum 
subquadrate; elytron oblong, strongly punc- 
tate-striate. 
Female: Stouter than male; antenna shorter 
and stouter; elytral pattern more defined, 
forming two wavy transverse bands on apical 
portion. 
Length 3-3.25 mm. 
viti levu: Nandarivatu, Sept. 1938, Zim- 
merman, Jan. 1955, Krauss; Waito, Naivi- 
thula, and Korovou, Tailevu, Sept. 1937, 
Valentine; Navai Mill, Sept. 1938, Zimmer- 
man; Mt. Korombamba, Aug. 1938, Zim- 
merman; Suva, Nov. 1899, Koebele; Lami, 
Mar. 1951, Mar. 1955, Krauss; Mbau, Apr. 
1951, Krauss; Tholo-i-suva, Apr. 1951, 
Krauss; near Suva, Feb. 1952, Gressitt. 
ovalau: Thawathi, Wainiloka, Andubang- 
da, July 1938, Zimmerman. 
vanua levu: East and south of Lambasa, 
Navakuru to Nakawanga, and Nakawanga, 
Oct. 1955, Gressitt. 
taveuni: Waiyevo (type locality). Ngatha- 
bula, Nov. 1937, Valentine; 1931, Lever, on 
Clidemia. 
mo ALA: Naroi, Aug. 1938, Zimmerman; 
Matuku I., July 1924, Bryan. 
lau: Munia I., Aug. 1938, Zimmerman; 
Namuka L, Aug. 1924, Bryan; Mango I., 
Sept. 1924, Bryan; Matuku L, 1924, Bryan. 
One hundred twenty-five specimens. 
HOSTS: Clidemia hirta (after Lever); Maca- 
ranga sp., Syzygium, prob. seemannianum Merr. 
and Perry; Psidium guajava L. 
71. Demotina irregularis Bryant, n. sp. 
Fig. 26 
Oblong subcylindrical; head fuscous; pro- 
thorax, antenna, and legs fulvous; elytra with 
an irregular gray-black pattern down the me- 
dian portion, sides and suture flavous. 
Head broadly fuscous near eye; occiput 
slightly fulvous; clothed with very short fine 
hairs. Antenna extending just beyond middle 
of elytron, first two segments slightly dilated; 
remainder elongate and slender; five apical 
segments slightly thickened. Prothorax ful- 
vous, broadest just behind middle; side con- 
tracted in front; clothed with very short fine 
golden hairs. Scutellum fulvous, triangular, 
impunctate. Elytra slightly broader than base 
of the prothorax; side margin with an irregular 
