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Prothorax shallowly grooved; body 
less than twice as long as broad; 
elytron even basally rotunda 
5(3). Pronotum greenish black; elytron met- 
allic purplish, with a heavily punctured 
depression behind postbasal swelling 
kraussi 
Prone turn testaceous; elytron brown- 
ish black, with a moderately punctured 
depression behind postbasal swelling 
oceanica 
113. Crepidodera oceanica Gressitt, n. sp. 
Fig. 41 a 
Female: Fore body testaceous; antenna 
slightly dull distally; elytron pitchy purplish 
brown, slightly paler posteriorly; metathorax, 
abdomen, and hind femur pitchy red-brown; 
hind tibia and tarsus testaceous. Subglabrous 
above, with a few pale hairs on apical margin 
of elytron; appendages with short pale hairs, 
and last abdominal segment with a few at side. 
Head nearly as broad as long, strongly 
carinate medially on frons and vertex, nearly 
impunctate on occiput. Antenna fully two- 
thirds as long as body; scape distinctly longer 
than second segment, subequal to third; 
third longer than fourth and shorter than 
fifth; sixth to tenth subequal to third; last 
longer. Prothorax nearly three-fourths as wide 
as elytra at humeri, just over two-thirds as 
long as broad, about as broad at apex as at 
base, moderately rounded at side, straight on 
anterior margin and convex and sinuate 
basally; disc nearly impunctate, sinuately 
grooved subbasally. Scutellum triangular. Ely- 
tron three and one-half times as long as pro- 
thorax, slightly broadened behind humerus, 
narrowed apically; disc with ten rows of fairly 
regular rows of punctures continuing to be- 
hind middle, the punctures mostly smaller 
than interspaces, and also minute punctures 
in the interspaces. Ventral surfaces largely im- 
punctate, with a few vague punctures, and 
some microreticulation, on abdomen. Legs 
with hind femur very stout, and hind tibia 
Fig. 41. a , Crepidodera oceanica Gressitt, n. sp., 
dorsolateral view of left hind tibia; b, Crepidodera 
elongata Gressitt, n. sp., type. 
feebly arched, flat above, with several slender 
teeth on each upper margin at apex, besides 
a short stout tooth on outer side at end; hind 
tarsus with first segment one-half again as 
long as remainder combined. Length 3.25 
mm.; breadth 1.4 mm. 
Male: Elytron less attenuated apically. 
Length 2.5 mm.; breadth 1.25 mm. 
Paratypes: Length 2.4-3. 2 mm.; breadth 
1.1-1. 4 mm. 
viti levu: Holotype, female (Bishop 2457), 
Lami Quarry, near Suva, May 1951, Krauss; 
allotopotype, male (Bishop), same data. 
Sixty-six paratopotypes (Bishop, BM, US, 
CSIRO, CAS), May 1951, Jan. and Mar. 1955, 
Krauss. 
Differs from C. dimidiata Baly in having the 
scutellum "V”-shaped instead of "U”-shaped, 
the minute punctures on elytral interspaces 
more distinct, the hind tibia narrower and 
straighter, the first hind tarsal segment longer, 
instead of shorter, than remaining segments 
combined, and the hind tibia and tarsus pale 
instead of dark. I am indebted to Mr. Zim- 
merman for the comparative notes. Bryant 
(1936: 251) referred to C. dimidiata as occur- 
