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84. Colaspoides brunnea Bryant, n. sp. 
Fig. 3 4a, b 
Entirely pale brown; head coarsely punc- 
tured; pro thorax irregularly and not closely 
punctured, elytron irregularly punctate-striate. 
Head pale brown, coarsely punctured, la- 
brum and clypeus smooth. Antenna pale 
brown, extending slightly beyond middle of 
elytron; first segment more dilated and twice 
as long as second; third about three times as 
long as second; third to last all about equal, 
slightly pubescent. Prothorax pale shining 
brown, very transverse, side feebly margined, 
rounded in front, irregularly and not closely 
punctured; basal portion smooth, with a row 
of punctures along basal margin. Scutellum 
brown, impunctate. Elytron pale brown, wid- 
est at base, gradually tapering to apex, ir- 
regularly punctate-striate, the punctures 
slightly stronger than on prothorax. Legs pale 
brown; tibiae clothed with pale pubescence; 
femora unarmed. Underside pale brown; ven- 
tral segments of abdomen feebly punctured. 
Length 5 mm. 
ovalau: Holotype (Bishop 2444), Waini- 
loka, Sept. 28, 1937, Valentine, nine spec- 
imens. 
viti levu: Naivithula, Sept. 28, 1937, 
Valentine, one specimen; Lami Quarry, near 
Suva, May 1951, Krauss; Suva, Feb. 1952, 
Gressitt. 
Allied to C. vitiensis Bry., and C. tarsalis 
Lea., but differs in its pale color without 
metallic gloss. 
85. Colaspoides conjusa Gressitt, n. sp. 
Fig. 34c 
Reddish brown; antenna and legs testa- 
ceous. Body glabrous above; ventral surfaces 
and legs with sparse fine oblique hairs. 
Head nearly four-fifths as broad as pro- 
thorax, about as broad as deep, sparsely 
punctured, most densely so near antennal 
insertions; frontoclypeus concave in center. 
Antenna slender, two-thirds as long as body; 
scape three times as long as second segment; 
Fig. 34. a, Colaspoides brunnea Bryant, n. sp., type; 
b, Colaspoides brunnea, aedeagus; c, Colaspoides confusa 
Gressitt, n. sp., aedeagus; d, Colaspoides vitiensis , 
aedeagus. 
third subequal in length to scape and fourth; 
fifth distinctly longer, subequal to each of 
following. Prothorax about twice as broad as 
long, nearly as broad as elytra, subrectangular, 
moderately narrowed anteriorly, feebly obtuse 
in basal outline; disc moderately convex, with 
