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ovalau: (type series). 
VANUA levu: Nakawanga and Navukuru, 
Oct. 1955, Gressitt; five specimens. 
makongai: May 1941, Lever; several spec- 
imens. 
lau: Yathata, Oct. 1924, Bryan; 60 spec- 
imens. 
Subfamily GALERUCINAE 
KEY TO FIJIAN GENERA OF GALERUCINAE 
1. Elytral epipleuron narrow from before 
middle (or pronotum irregular and ely- 
tron shorter than abdomen); anterior 
coxal cavity open behind; pronotum 
transversely grooved or irregular. ... 2 
Elytral epipleuron gradually narrowed; 
anterior coxal cavity closed behind; 
pronotum convex, or broadly and even- 
ly concave, but not narrowly grooved 
across middle 5 
2(1). Elytral epipleuron gradually narrowed 
3 
Elytral epipleuron suddenly narrowed 
anterior to middle; tarsal claws bifid; 
pronotum with a slightly sinuate 
groove Aulacophora 
3(2). Elytron entire; hind wing present; pro- 
notum transversely grooved 4 
Elytron shorter than abdomen; hind 
wing absent; pronotum irregular; tarsal 
claws bifid Khasia 
4(3). Antenna simple in male, slender 
Haplosomoides 
Antenna stout, with sixth, seventh, or 
eighth segments enlarged in male. . . . 
Cerophysa 
5(1). First hind tarsal segment much shorter 
than one-half tibial length 6 
First hind tarsal segment about one- 
half as long as tibia Metrioidea 
6(5). Tarsal claws bifid; pronotum broadly 
concave Malacotheria 
Tarsal claws appendiculate; pronotum 
convex, with one or two slight de- 
pressions on side of disc. . . . Plesistia 
Tribe Oidini 
Genus aulacophora Duponchel and 
Chevrolat 
Aulacophora Duponchel and Chevrolat, 1842, 
IN d’Orbigny, Diet. Univ. Hist. Nat. 2: 
337 (type: Galleruca quadraria Olivier; 
Europe); Maulik, 1936, Fauna of India, 
Col. Chrys. Galeruc., 169. 
Raphidopalpa , Rhaphidopalpa , Ceratia , Orthau- 
laca. (See Gressitt, 1955, Insects of Micro- 
nesia 17(1): 22 for fuller synonymy.) 
Body fairly broad; antenna slender, some- 
times with some segments broadened in 
males; pronotum with a sinuous or transverse 
groove across disc just behind middle. 
KEY TO FIJIAN species of Aulacophora 
1. Elytron unicolorous, yellow or black; pro- 
thorax obtusely rounded at side 2 
Elytron pale marked with a large basal and 
a large subapical black area, the former 
nearly reaching suture; prethorax sub- 
angulate at side quadrimaculata 
2. Dorsum entirely testaceous to reddish 
testaceous; elytron distinctly broadened 
behind middle similis 
Elytron black, shiny, suboblong, hardly 
broadened behind middle. . . . nigrivestis 
88. Aulacophora nigrivestis (Boisduval) 
Galleruca nigrivestis Boisduval, 1835, Voyage 
Astrolabe, Col.: 548 (New Holland; type in 
Paris Mus.). 
Aulacophora nigrivestis , Allard, 1889, Soc. Ent. 
de France, Ann. 57: 310; Baly, 1889, Ent. 
Soc. London, Trans. 1889: 301. 
Ceratia ( Orthaulaca ) nigrivestis , Weise, 1924, 
Coleopt. Cat. 78: 15. 
Testaceous; elytron shiny black; abdomen 
black except for extreme apex; antenna ochra- 
