Chrysomelidae of Fiji — BRYANT and GRESSITT 
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less than twice as long as broad, obliquely 
truncate apically, densely rugose-punctate. 
Length 2.5 mm.; breadth 1.6 mm. 
vanua levu: Holotype, male (Bishop 
2450), Nakawanga, center of island, at 70 m., 
Oct. 8, 1955, Gressitt; paratopotype, male, 
Oct. 9, Gressitt. 
Differs from the preceding in having a 
broad impunctate callus across the center of 
the pronotum, the elytron more shiny and 
more coarsely rugose, and the pale markings 
more restricted. 
Genus cerophysa Chevrolat 
Cerophysa Chevrolat, 1837, in Dejean, Cat. Col. 
ed. 2: 379; ed. 3: 403; 1843, IN d’Orbigny, 
Diet. Univ. Hist. Nat. 3: 339 (type: Gal- 
leruca nodicornis Wiedem.; Java); Chapuis, 
1875, Gen. Col. 11: 181. 
Ozomena Chevrolat, 1845, Diet. Univ. Hist. 
Nat. 4: 5. 
Head large, almost as broad as prothorax; 
antenna long, cylindrical, with ninth segment 
greatly enlarged in male; prothorax trapezi- 
form, broader distally, transversely grooved; 
elytron finely and irregularly punctured. 
This is an Oriental genus. 
100. Cerophysa vitiensis Bryant 
Cerophysa vitiensis Bryant, 1941, Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 11, 8: 103, fig. 2 
(Tamavua; type in Brit. Mus.). 
Head, thorax and abdomen ochraceous, 
paler beneath; elytron black; antenna reddish 
brown, nearly black on ninth segment; legs 
ochraceous to pale brown. Head smooth and 
shiny above; antenna with second segment 
short, and ninth in male very broad, obliquely 
concave subapically; prothorax smooth, shiny, 
nearly impunctate; elytron with puncturation 
fine, but somewhat variable. Length 7-8 mm.; 
breadth 3.2-4 mm. 
viti LEVU: Korovou, Tailevu, Aug. 1937, 
Valentine; ridge west of Vatuthere, 800 m., 
Sept., and Tholo-i-suva, July 1938, Zim- 
merman. 
vanua levu: Nakawanga, 80 m., on Giron- 
niera , Oct. 1955, Gressitt. 
HOST: Gironniera celtidi folia Gaud. 
Tribe Monoleptini 
Genus monolepta Erichson 
Monolepta^., 1843, Arch. f. Naturgesch. 9(1): 
265 (type: M. pauperata Er.; Africa). 
Subgenus metrioidea Fairmaire 
Metrioidea Fairm., 1882, Soc. Ent. de France, 
Ann. 50: 489 (type: M. signatipennis Fairm.; 
Fiji). 
It is not certain that Metrioidea should be a 
subgenus of Monolepta. Yet all the species 
below seem to be structurally very closely 
related, and to differ from typical species of 
Monolepta in very minor respects, other than 
having the tibial spines minute. In addition 
to the type species, three species from the 
Malay subregion and Ceylon have previously 
been assigned to Metrioidea. 
key to fijian species of Metrioidea 
1. Length of body over 2.8 mm.; dorsum 
pale with generally some vague ob- 
lique or irregular dark streaks 2 
Length of body less than 2.7 mm.; 
dorsum black to brown, sometimes 
with pale spots, but without dark 
streaks 4 
2(1). Pronotum generally pale and without 
distinct dark markings; elytron rarely 
with distinct dark markings; length 
less than 3.4 mm 3 
Pronotum with a pair of longitudinal 
pitchy stripes on center, and generally 
other dark markings; elytron with two 
incomplete dark bands; length 3.5-5 
mm s. signatipennis 
3(2). Ochraceous, with generally a few vague 
dark markings; length 2. 6-3.4 mm.. . 
s. lauana 
Testaceous, almost entirely pale; length 
2.4-3. 2 mm. . s, kandavuna 
