Chrysomelidae of Fiji — BRYANT and GRESSITT 
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fairly numerous distinct punctures, some 
separated by as little as twice the diameter of 
a puncture. Scutellum rounded-triangular, finely 
frosted. Elytron three times as long as pro- 
thorax, somewhat deeply punctured in more 
than ten very irregular rows. Ventral surfaces 
finely punctured. Length 4.5 mm.; breadth 
2.35 mm. 
Paratypes: Mostly pitchy castaneous with 
a slight metallic sheen. Length 3-9 -4.7 mm.; 
breadth 2. 1-2.7 mm. 
viti levu: Holotype, male (Bishop 2445), 
hill behind Suva, 100 m., Feb. 6, 1952, Gres- 
sitt; allotopotype, female, same data; one 
paratopotype, same data; 48 paratypes (Bish- 
op, BM, US, CSIRO), Lami Quarry, May 
1951, Mar. 1955, Krauss; one, Vuti Dawa, 
Aug. 27, 1925, W. JHL Ford; one, Belt road, 
25 km. west of Suva, July 22, 1938, Zimmer- 
man; one, 6 km. south of Nandarivatu, 700 
m., Sept. 9, 1938, Kondo. 
There is one doubtful specimen from Tuvu- 
tha, Lau, Sept. 10, 1924, Bryan, and another 
from Navai Mill, near Nandarivatu, Sept. 17, 
1938, Zimmerman. 
Differs frum C. vitiensis and C. brunnea in 
hiving the aedeagus of male distinctly 
toothed, instead of deeply emarginate, at 
middle of apex, and in having the pronotum 
more closely punctured. 
86. Colaspoides vitiensis Bryant 
Fig. 34 d 
Colaspoides vitiensis Bryant, 1938, Roy. Ent. 
Soc. London, Proc. B 7(11): 250 (Ma- 
kongai and Viti Levu; type in Brit. Mus.). 
Reddish brown with metallic gloss; an- 
tenna and legs slightly paler. Head distinctly 
punctured, more closely so between eyes; 
antenna extending a little beyond middle of 
elytron; prothorax very convex, with large 
irregularly distributed punctures; scutellum im- 
punctate, subtriangular; elytra with not very 
dense, but rather large punctures, becoming 
smaller and in regular striae posteriorly; 
femora unarmed. Length 4.5 mm. 
viti levu: Tamavua; Nausori. Mt. Vic- 
toria, west slope, 950 m., Tholo North, Nan- 
darivatu, 1100 m., Navai Mill, Sept., Tholo- 
i-suva, July 1938, Zimmerman; Navai Mill, 
Oct. 1937, Valentine; Lami, Mar. 1955, 
Krauss. 
ovalau: Wainiloka, Sept. 1937, Valentine. 
vanua levu: Nakawanga, on Phaleria , Oct. 
1955, Gressitt. 
central Fiji: Makongai I. (type locality). 
lau: Tubutha L, Sept. 1924, Bryan. 
HOST: Phalaeria acuminata (A. Gray) Gilg. 
Subfamily CHR YSOMELINAE 
Genus plagiodera Redtenbacher 
Plagiodera Redt., 1845, Gatt. Deutsch. Ka- 
ferf. : 116 (type: Chrysomela versicolor a Lai- 
charting (armoraciae, Redt. nec. Linn.); 
Europe, Asia). 
Roundish, convex; metallic. Head broad; 
antenna short; prothofax transverse, oblique 
at side, emarginate anteriorly; elytron irreg- 
ularly punctured in large part; epipleurcn 
broad; tarsal claws simple. 
87. Plagiodera violaceipennis Bryant 
Plagiodera violaceipennis Bryant, 1925, Ann. 
and Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 9, 15: 594 (Na- 
tova; Ovalau; type in Brit. Mus.). 
Fulvous with antenna darker distally, ely- 
tron metallic bluish purple. Head longitudin- 
ally impressed between eyes; antenna with 
scape longer than second segment and about 
equal to third, last seven segments more flat- 
tened and subequal; prothorax smooth and 
shiny, more than twice as broad as long; 
elytron finely and irregularly punctate, broad- 
est behind middle, apical angle produced into 
a minute tooth, lateral border slightly flat- 
tened and reflexed, humeral callus strongly 
marked, base slightly depressed; central por- 
tions of abdominal sterna smooth and shiny, 
with sides unevenly punctured, last sternite 
slightly notched. Length 8 mm. 
viti levu: Natova (type locality). 
