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Chrysomelidae of Fiji — Bryant and GRESSITT 
KEY TO FIJIAN SPECIES OF Psylliodes 
1. Dorsum purplish black; antenna fulvous; 
elytron irregularly punctured; apical proc- 
ess of hind tibia tridentate. . . simmondsi 
Dorsum greenish; antenna pitchy with 
basal segments testaceous; elytron striate- 
punctate; apical process of hind tibia 
bidentate vitiensis 
119. Psylliodes simmondsi Bryant 
Psylliodes simmondsi Bryant, 1938, Roy. Ent. 
Soc. London, Proc. B 7(11): 252 (Tarna- 
vua; type in Brit. Mus.). 
Purplish black above; antenna, legs and 
venter fulvous. Head with basal half black, 
impunctate; antenna with five terminal seg- 
ments tinged with fuscous; prothorax feebly 
and not closely punctured; scutellum im- 
punctate; elytron rounded apically, irregularly 
punctured, the punctures stronger and closer 
than on pronotum; hind femur tinged with 
fuscous; apical process of hind tibia short and 
tridentate. Length 2.5 mm. 
viti levu: Tamavua (type locality). 
120. Psylliodes vitiensis Bryant 
Psylliodes vitiensis Bryant, 1925, Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. Ser. 9, 15: 597 (Cuvu, Lautoka; 
type in Brit. Mus.). 
Greenish above; antenna pitchy with basal 
segments testaceous; venter piceous; legs 
testaceous. Head finely punctured; antenna 
with distal segments gradually increasing in 
length to apex; prothorax transverse, broadest 
at base, obtuse at anterior angle, evenly punc- 
tured, the punctures stronger than on head; 
elytron feebly striate, but strongly punctate, 
the punctures becoming feebler towards apex; 
hind tibia with apical process long, but shorter 
than first segment of hind tarsus, its apex 
bidentate; abdominal sternites finely punc- 
tured. Length 3 mm. 
viti levu: Thuvu; Lautoka. 
Genus alema Sharp 
Alema Sharp, 1876, Ent. Monthly Mag. 13: 
98 (type: A.paradoxa Sharp; New Zealand) ; 
Broun, 1880, Man. New Zealand Col. 1: 
619- 
KEY TO FIJIAN SPECIES OF Alema 
1. Black, with second to sixth antennal seg- 
ments fulvous; elytron strongly punctate- 
striate and costate leveri 
Black, with antenna, clypeus, palpi and 
legs fulvous; elytron finely punctate- 
striate, with interstices slightly elevated. . 
nigra 
121. Alema leveri Bryant 
Alema leveri Bryant, 1945, Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. Ser. 11, 12: 428 (Taveuni; type in 
Brit. Mus.). 
Shiny black, second to sixth antennal seg- 
ments fulvous. Head impunctate; eye prom- 
inent; antenna slender, reaching middle of 
elytron; scape equal to next two combined; 
second shorter than third. Prothorax sub- 
quadrate, sides feebly margined and con- 
tracted towards base; a transverse depression 
near base containing a few strong punctures; 
scutellum impunctate. Elytron tapering api- 
cally, strongly punctate-striate and costate. 
Length 2 mm. 
taveuni: Crater Lake (type locality). 
122. Alema nigra Bryant 
Alema nigra Bryant, 1938, Roy. Ent. Soc. 
London, Proc. B 7(11): 252 (Lautoka Mts.; 
type in Brit. Mus.). 
Black, with antenna, clypeus, palpi and legs 
fulvous. Head with basal portion shiny and 
impunctate, interocular space elevated; an- 
tenna with pedicel rather shorter than scape, 
remainder elongate and slender, subequal. 
Prothorax subquadrate, feebly punctured, 
slightly depressed near base; scutellum im- 
punctate. Elytron finely punctate-striate with 
