Chrysomelidae of Fiji — Bryant and GRESSITT 
85 
Allied to N. vitiensis Bry., and N. atra Bry. 
(New Hebrides), but differs in its color and 
punctation, in which hrunnea is intermediate 
between these two. 
128. Nesohaltica lauensis Gressitt, n. sp. 
Fig. 44 
Ochraceous brown, paler on fore and hind 
margins of pronotum; antenna testaceous; 
tibiae and tarsi pale ochraceous. 
Head triangular and flat on frons, trans- 
versely grooved between upper eye lobes, 
convex and minutely punctured on occiput. 
Antenna one-half as long as body, first two 
segments about as stout as last few, third to 
sixth more slender; scape nearly twice as long 
as second; third to sixth each about as long 
as second. Prothorax two-thirds as long as 
broad, narrowed from base to apex, nearly 
straight at side with anterior angle slightly 
prominent; basal margin evenly convex; an- 
terior border slightly convex; disc uneven, 
almost entirely roughened or shallowly rugu- 
lose, with minute, indistinct punctures. Scutel- 
lum triangular, smooth and concave. Elytron 
broadest behind middle, broadly rounded 
apically, irregularly, and rather closely punc- 
tured throughout, the punctures mostly as 
large as interspaces. Ventral surfaces in part 
distinctly punctured. First hind tarsal segment 
short. Length 1.6 mm.; breadth 0.95 mm. 
lau: Holotype (Bishop 2465), Namuka-i- 
lau I., southern Lakemba I. (southcentral 
Lau Group), Aug. 12, 1924, E. H. Bryan, Jr. 
Differs from N. hrunnea and vitiensis Bryant 
in having the pronotum rough and some- 
what rugulose, instead of smooth and dis- 
tinctly punctured, and the coloration paler. 
Differs from N. nigra Maulik in the same 
characters, and in having the first two an- 
tennal segments much thicker than those 
immediately following. 
129. Nesohaltica vitiensis Bryant 
Nesohaltica vitiensis Bryant, 1938, Roy. Ent. 
Soc. London, Proc. B 7(11): 251 (Vanua 
Levu; Taveuni; type in Brit. Mus.). 
Fig. 44. Nesohaltica lauensis Gressitt, n. sp., type. 
Shiny black; antenna fulvous with four 
apical segments fuscous; legs and underside 
pitchy brown. Head with basal half shiny 
black, impunctate; frons pitchy brown, a 
transverse impressed line between eyes; an- 
tenna reaching almost to middle of elytron; 
scape longer and more swollen than second, 
remainder more slender and subequal. Pro- 
thorax shiny black, finely and sparingly punc- 
tured, sides slightly rounded and margined, 
anterior angles obliquely truncate; scutellum 
shiny black, impunctate, triangular. Elytra 
shiny black, strongly and somewhat closely 
punctured, rounded at apex; side margin with 
a line of evenly spaced punctures which are 
much stronger than the other elytral punc- 
tures. Legs and underside pitchy brown. Length 
2 mm. 
vanua levu: Lambasa (type locality). 
taveuni: Taken on guava. 
HOST: Psidium guajava Linn. 
Genus febra Clark 
Fehra Clark, 1864, Jour. Ent. 2: 261 (type F. 
venusta Clark; Fiji). 
