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Fig. 33. a, Eucolaspis castanea Bryant, n. sp., type; 
b, Eucolaspis castanea , aedeagus; c, Eucolaspis saltator 
Gressitt, n. sp., aedeagus. 
7, 1955, Gressitt; allotype, female (Bishop), 
same data. Ten paratypes (Bishop, BM, US, 
CSIRO): eight paratopo types, mostly on 
Tarenna , same data; one, Navakuru, light 
trap, Oct. 6; one, Daku road, 12 km. east 
of Lambasa, on Commersonia , Oct. 6, 1955, 
Gressitt. 
HOSTS: Tarenna sambucina (Forst.) Durand; 
Commersonia bartramia (L.) Merr. 
Differs from E. castanea Bryant in being 
darker, in part blackish, with the head and 
pronotum more heavily punctured, the ely- 
tron micropunctulate between puncture-rows. 
This species was observed to jump. 
Genus colaspoides Laporte 
Colaspoides Laporte, 1833, in Silberm. Rev. 
d’Ent. 1: 20 (type: Cryptocephalus limbatus 
Fabr.; S. America); Baly, 1864, Ent. Month- 
ly Mag. 1: 134; 1867, Ent. Soc. London, 
Trans. (3) 4(2): 134; Chapuis, 1874, Gen. 
Col. 10: 346; Jacoby, 1908, Fauna of India, 
Chrys. 1: 514. 
Head broad; antenna long and slender; 
prethorax nearly as broad as elytra basally, 
narrowed anteriorly, margined at side; elytron 
subregularly punctured; femora sometimes 
toothed beneath; claws appendiculate. 
KEY TO FIJIAN SPECIES OF Colaspoides 
1. Pronotum distinctly convex, distinctly 
narrowed anteriorly; breadth of body gen- 
erally less than 2.5 mm 2 
Pronotum feebly convex, sparsely punc- 
tured; sides of prothorax nearly parallel 
in basal half; breadth of body generally at 
least 3 mm.; pitchy brown with a metallic 
tinge vitiensis 
2. Pale reddish brown, sometimes darker on 
pronotum, which is sparsely punctured; 
aedeagus of male deeply emarginate at 
middle of apex brunnea 
Pitchy brown to dark reddish brown; pro- 
notum more densely punctured, some- 
times with interspaces hardly more than 
twice as wide as punctures; aedeagus of 
male with a strong blunt tooth at middle 
of apex confusa 
