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ceous with third to eighth segments pitchy. 
Antenna slender; prothorax broadest one- 
third its length from apex, but not angulate 
at side, the disc with a broad slightly obtuse 
groove just behind middle; elytron finely 
punctured. Length 9-9-5 mm.; breadth 4.4- 
4.8 mm. 
viti levu: Nandarivatu, 700 m., Nov. 
1940, Degener; Nandarivatu, 800 m., at light, 
Sept. 6-8, 1938, Zimmerman. 
89- Aulacophora quadrimaculata 
(Fabricius) 
Crioceris quadrimaculata Fabr., 1781, Spec. Ins. 
1: 152 ("Cape of Good Hope"; type in 
Brit. Mus.). 
Aulacophora quadrimaculata Maulik, 1929, In- 
sects of Samoa 4(3): 194; Veitch and Green- 
wood, 1921, Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Proc. 
46: 511; Lever, 1942, Agr. Jour. [Fiji] 13(2): 
48; Gressitt, 1955, Insects of Micronesia 17 
(1): 26 . 
Galleruca austrocaledonica Montrouzier, 1861, 
Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 4(1): 299 (New 
Caledonia). 
Axulacophora tetrastictoptera Lea, 1924, Queens- 
land Mus., Mem. 8: 50. 
Testaceous, slightly more ochraceous on 
pronotum, marked with black on hind por- 
tion of head, except median line, with a large 
basal and a large subapical black area on 
elytron; ventral surfaces with most of meta- 
sternum and abdomen black. Antenna with 
third segment slightly thickened distally in 
male; prothorax sinuate at side, broadest and 
subangulate anterior to middle, with disc 
finely and irregularly punctured and with a 
slightly sinuate, shallow, transverse groove 
just behind center; elytron finely punctured. 
Length 4.6-7 mm.; breadth 2. 3-3. 4 mm. 
YASAWA: Yalobi, Waya I., July 1937, St. 
John. 
viti LEVU: Lowlands. 
OVALAU: Andubangda, July 1938, Zim- 
merman. 
lau: Vanua Mbalavu, Sept. 1924, Bryan; 
Wailangilala, Sept. 1924, Bryan; Oneata, Aug. 
1924, Bryan. 
kandavu : Wai Salima, Ndavingeile, and 
Kaivala, Apr. 1941, Krauss. 
HOSTS: Citrullus vulgaris Schrad., Cucurbit a 
pepo DC, and other cucurbits. 
90. Aulacophora similis (Olivier) 
Fig. 35 
Galeruca similis Olivier, 1808, Entomologie 6: 
624, no. 93, pi. 2, fig. 23 (E. Indies). 
Orthaulaca similis, Weise, 1892, Deutsche Ent: 
Zeitschr. 1892: 393. 
Aulacophora fabricii , Knowles, 1907, Legisla- 
tive Council Paper, Fiji, No. 13, Report for 
1906; Jepson, 1911, Fiji Dept. Agr., Council 
Paper 25: 58. 
Aulacophora argyrogaster , Veitch and Green- 
wood, 1921, Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Proc. 
46: 511. 
Aidacophora similis , Maulik, 1929, Insects of 
Samoa 4(3): 192; Gressitt, 1955, Insects of 
Micronesia 17(1): 28, fig. 8. 
? Aidacophora coffeae, Greenwood, 1940, Linn. 
Soc. N. S. Wales, Proc. 65: 215; Lever, 
1942, Agr. Jour. [Fiji] 13(2): 48; Evans, 
1952, Injur. Insects Brit. Commonwealth: 
119. 
Male: Ochraceous; metathorax, abdomen 
(except end of last segment), and middle and 
hind legs black; antenna slightly brownish on 
Fig. 35. Aulacophora similis (Oliv.): a, Adult male; 
b, larva, dorsal view; c, pupa, ventral view (Micronesian 
specimens, after Gressitt, 1955, Insects of Micronesia 17 
(1): 29). 
