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PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. XI, January, 1957 
Tribe Colaspoidini 
(iPHIMEINI and ENDOCEPHALINl) 
Genus eucolaspis Sharp 
Eucolaspis Sharp, 1886, Roy. Dublin Soc., 
Trans. Ser. 2, 3: 445 (type: here designated 
as Colaspis pallidipennis White; New Zea- 
land); Broun, 1893, Manual N. Zealand 
Col. 5: 1303. 
Head small, rounded, engaged in pro- 
thorax; eyes widely separated. Antenna as a 
rule dilated at apex. Prothorax as broad at its 
base as elytra, or a little less broad, its side 
margin well marked and entire. Elytron ovate 
or briefly ovate, seldom oblong. Prosternum 
truncate, square at base. Legs simple, tibia 
of the posterior pair not emarginate; claws 
appendiculate. 
A New Zealand species is a pest of apple 
trees. 
KEY TO FIJIAN SPECIES OF Eucolaspis 
1. Testaceous, rarely with borders of elytron 
blackish; elytral interstices impunctate. . 
castanea 
Reddish to pitchy, with suture and outer 
margin black; elytral interstices micro- 
punctulate saltator 
82. Eucolaspis castanea Bryant, n. sp. 
Fig. 33 a, b 
Entirely castaneous, or with varying de- 
grees of black on prothorax and elytron, head 
and prothorax impunctate, elytron finely 
punctate-striate. 
Head castaneous, impunctate, with eyes as 
wide as front of prothorax. Antenna flavous, 
or in some with seven apical segments tinged 
with fuscous; two basal segments more di- 
lated, first about twice as long as second; 
third to sixth long and slender; seventh to 
apex slightly thickened; extending to middle 
of elytron. Prothorax castaneous, or with vary- 
ing degrees of black to entirely black, nitid, 
impunctate, narrowly margined all round, 
widest at base, gradually contracted to apex. 
Scutellum castaneous, impunctate. Elytron en- 
tirely castaneous or with side margins and 
suture fuscous, punctate-striate, widest at 
base, gradually tapering and rounded at apex. 
Legs castaneous, tibiae all straight and not 
emarginate apically. Ventral surfaces castane- 
ous; first ventral segment of abdomen long- 
est; second to fourth equal to each other. 
Length 2. 6-3. 3 mm.; breadth 1. 9-2.1 mm. 
viti levu: Holctype (Bishop 2442), Nan- 
darivatu, Oct. 7, 1937, on Scaevola , Valentine; 
14 paratopotypes, Valentine; six paratopo- 
types, 1100 m., Sept. 10, 1938, Zimmerman. 
One paratype, Mt. Victoria, Sept. 16, 1938, 
Zimmerman; one, Mt. Korombamba, Aug. 1, 
1938, Zimmerman; ten, Lami Quarry, near 
Suva, Feb. and May 1951, Krauss. 
HOST: Scaevola floribunda A. Gray. 
83. Eucolaspis saltator Gressitt, n. sp. 
Fig. 33 c 
Male: Ochraceous, heavily marked with 
pitchy on inner portion, and outer margin, of 
elytron; antenna and legs testaceous. 
Head rather even, with some strong punc- 
tures between eyes. Antenna slender, as long 
as body; scape swollen, twice as long as sec- 
ond segment; third nearly as long as scape, 
subequal to fourth; fifth and following 
slightly longer. Prothorax nearly twice as 
broad as long, nearly as broad as elytra, evenly 
convex, moderately rounded at side, with 
scattered large punctures and minute punc- 
tures between them. Scutellum rounded- tri- 
angular. Elytron widest just behind humerus, 
subevenly rounded, with nine rows of fine 
punctures, besides scutellar row. Ventral sur- 
faces smooth, nearly impunctate, with a few 
suberect hairs, mostly on first abdominal ster- 
nite. Length 2.5 mm.; breadth 1.65 mm. 
Paratypes: Length 2. 3-3. 2 mm.; breadth 
1.45-2.2 mm. 
vanua levu: Holotype, male (Bishop 
2443), between Navakuru and Nakawanga, 
100 m., central Vanua Levu, on Tarenna , Oct. 
