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4(1). Dorsum black to pitchy brown, rarely 
with one or two pale areas on elytron; 
pronotum distinctly punctured; main 
islands 5 
Dorsum uniformly castaneous brown, 
rarely a little paler or darker; pronotum 
generally feebly punctured or nearly 
impunctate; in Moala moala 
5(4). Dorsum entirely black, or black with 
one or two pale areas on elytron; pro- 
notum sparsely punctured. . . vitiensis 
Dorsum pitchy red-brown; pronotum 
rather closely punctured . zimmermani 
101. Monolepta (Metrioidea) 
signatipennis (Fairmaire), n. comb. 
Metrioidea signatipennis Fairm., 1882, Soc. Ent. 
de France, Ann. Ser. 6, 1: 489 (Viti, Ova- 
lau; type in Paris Mus.). 
Pale brown: head darker on median line; 
pronotum with a pair of short longitudinal 
lines, or a "V,” on center and more or less 
dark at side; elytron partly dark on suture and 
with two broad, incomplete dark bands, one 
just anterior to middle, other near apex, and 
a lesser mark behind humerus; metathorax 
somewhat dark. Head a little narrower than 
pro thorax; eye very large, feebly emarginate; 
antenna slender, two-thirds as long as body, 
with scape longer than next two segments 
combined, and fourth nearly as long as scape; 
prothorax a little broader than long, slightly 
rounded at side, truncate anteriorly, strongly 
rounded basally, with disc even and feebly 
punctured; elytron finely and irregularly punc- 
tured, rounded apically. Length 3.5-5 mm.; 
breadth 2. 3-2. 6 mm. 
viti levu: Mt. Victoria and Nandarivatu, 
Sept. 1938, Zimmerman; Mt. Korombamba, 
Aug. 1938, Zimmerman; Belt road, 25 km. 
west of Suva, July 1938, Zimmerman; ridge 
west of Vatuthere, Sept. 1938, Kondo. 
OVALAU: Draiba trail, Andubangda, and 
near Vuma, July 1938, Zimmerman. 
Forty specimens. 
102. Monolepta (Metrioidea) 
signatipennis lauana Gressitt, n. subsp. 
Testaceous, somewhat more ochraceous 
above, with slightly darkened side of pro- 
notum, and three feeble, incomplete, elytral 
bands. 
Head with frons punctured at side and occi- 
put quite smooth. Antenna three-fourths as 
long as body, with second and third segments 
subequal. Prothorax a little broader than long, 
rounded-obtuse at side, widest one-third from 
apex; disc finely punctured, in part impunc- 
tate. Elytron finely punctured, distinctly broad- 
ened preapically. Length 3.3 mm.; breadth 
2 mm. 
Paratypes: Length 2. 6-3. 4 mm.; breadth 
I. 5-2.1 mm. 
lau: Holotype (Bishop 2451) Bavatu, Va- 
nua Mbalavu L, N. Lau Group, Aug. 16, 
1938, Kondo. Fifteen paratypes (Bishop, BM, 
US) : Buthalevu, Vanua Mbalavu, 75 m., Aug. 
10, 1938, Zimmerman; Mvana, Vanua Mba- 
lavu, at seashore, Aug. 9, 1938, Zimmerman; 
Loma Loma, Vanua Mbalavu, Aug. 5, 1938, 
Zimmerman; Mbavatu, Vanua Mbalavu, Aug. 
16, 1938, Zimmerman; Thikombia I., Sept. 
26, 1924, Bryan; Navutu-i-lcma, Aug. 10, 
1924, Bryan; Yuvutha, Yangasa Cluster, Aug. 
II, 1924, Bryan; 2 km. south of Narona, 
Mango I., Aug. 14, 1938, Zimmerman. 
Differs from the typical form in being dis- 
tinctly smaller, with feebler markings, and in 
having the side of the prothorax more obtuse. 
103. Monolepta (Metrioidea) 
signatipennis kandavuna Gressitt, n. subsp. 
Pale ochraceous, still paler on abdcmen 
and hind femur, slightly darker on parts of 
hind thorax, median line of vertex and occi- 
put, and side of pronotum. 
Head nearly as broad as prothorax, smooth. 
Prothorax rounded-cbtuse at side, broadest 
one-fourth from apex, feebly and irregularly 
punctured. Elytron finely punctured. Length 
3.15 mm.; breadth 1.65 mm. 
Paratypes: Length 2.4— 3.2 mm.; breadth 
1.2-1. 8 mm. 
