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long as broad, two-thirds as broad as elytra, 
rounded at side, widest near base; disc some- 
what evenly convex, very finely and closely 
punctured. Scutellum subtrapeziform, obtuse 
apically. Elytron slightly more than twice as 
long as prothorax, slightly sinuate at side, 
narrowed apically; disc with about eight reg- 
ular rows of fairly small punctures on upper 
surface, and three to five or six on side, which 
partly branch anteriorly, and a single distinct 
scutellar row; interspaces fairly broad, and 
mostly somewhat convex. Ventral surfaces 
largely impunctate, except for parts of side. 
Legs fairly slender; hind femur not reaching 
apex of abdomen. Length 4.75 mm.; breadth 
2.5 mm. 
PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. XI, January, 1957 
Paratypes: Length 4.5 mm.; breadth 2.25 
mm. 
moala: Holotype, female (Bishop 2435), 
Naroi, 250 m., Moala I., beating shrubs, Aug. 
24, 1938, Zimmerman. Paratopotype, female, 
same data. 
Differs from the other Fijian species in 
having the dorsum clothed with short sub- 
erect hairs in addition to minute scales. Differs 
further from D. veitchi Bryant in having the 
pronotum more even, much more closely and 
finely punctured, and in having the elytral 
interstices mostly convex. 
74. Demotina veitchi Bryant 
Demotina veitchi Bryant, 1931, Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. Ser. 10, 8: 356, figs. 1, 2 (Labasa, 
Penang Mts.; type in Brit. Mus.). 
Male: Plum-brown; legs and antenna flav- 
ous, clothed with short white scales. Head 
with clypeus rather strongly punctured; an- 
tenna slender with scape twice as long as sec- 
ond segment, fourth longer than third or 
fifth, the last seven subequal; prothorax finely 
punctured, with scales longer and more hair- 
like at side, forming two longitudinal wavy 
lines enclosing median portion, which is 
paler; scutellum oblong-subpentagonal; elytron 
with darker lines and patches near shoulders, 
oblong, rounded at apex, strongly punctate- 
striate, apical half with long white erect hairs, 
forming longitudinal rows between striae. 
Female: Stouter; antenna shorter; elytral 
scales forming variable pattern. 
Length 3-3.5 mm. 
viti levu: Penang Mts.; Nandarivatu, 800 
m., Sept. 1938, Zimmerman; Tholo-i-suva, 
and Belt road, 80 km. west of Suva, July 
1938, Zimmerman; Bulu, near Sovi, Apr. 
1941, Krauss; Lami, Mar. 1951, Krauss; Nai- 
vithula, Tailevu, Aug. 1937, Valentine. 
ovalau: Andubangda, Draiba trail, and 
Wainiloka, July 1938, Zimmerman. 
vanua levu: Lambasa. 
Fifteen specimens. 
