Chrysomelidae of Fiji — Bryant and Gressitt 
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Fig. 45. Febra insularis Bryant: a , Larva, dorsal view; 
b , larval leaf mine in leaf of Acrostichum fern. 
strongly emarginate; elytron four times as long 
as prothorax, finely punctate-striate, rounded 
to apex; venter glabrous; tibiae and tarsi 
briefly pubescent, tibial bases darkened. 
Length 6 mm. 
Egg: White, spherical. Length 0.066 mm. 
Laid in a slit chewed in side of midrib of fern. 
Mature Larva: Creamy white; head cap- 
sule reddish ochraceous, darker near anterior 
border and along median line, paler on basal 
antennal segment and along frontoclypeal 
suture; pronotum testaceous on central por- 
tion except along median line; a dirty broad- 
ish median dorsal stripe extending from meso- 
notum to last abdominal segment, appearing 
to consist of minute gray transverse sclero- 
tizations on surface. Body about twice as 
wide as deep. Head flat, trapeziform, nar- 
rowed anteriorly, fairly smooth, finely vermi- 
culose on central portion; two short bristles 
on lateral border behind ocellus-like pale 
node behind antenna; another bristle below 
this node. Pronotum rather even and flat, 
slightly wrinkled on sclerotized portion of 
disc. Dorsum of remainder of body finely 
granulose; ventral surfaces similar to dorsal, 
but median gray stripe lacking and a few well 
pigmented lines of sclerotization on pro- 
sternum and legs. Mesothorax and nine ab- 
dominal segments each bearing slightly pig- 
mented spiracle at end of a white fleshy 
papilla-like mid-lateral projection on each 
side. Length 7.5 mm. 
viti levu: Thuvu (type locality). Between 
Nausori and Korovou, Sept. 1955, O’Connor, 
larvae and adults. 
HOST: Acrostichum aureum (fern); the larva 
is a leaf-miner (see Fig. 45). 
132. Febra varioloidea Fairmaire 
Febra varioloidea Fairm., 1882, Soc. Ent. de 
France, Ann. Ser. 6, 1: 490 (Ovalau; type in 
Paris) . 
Reddish pitchy, tinged with metallic green 
on central portion of dorsum, appearing green 
to naked eye; pitchy to black on elytral decliv- 
ities and ventral surfaces; appendages partly 
