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reddish. Dorsum very deeply and coarsely 
punctured on metallic areas, more sparsely so 
on darker borders; elytral punctures in part 
tending to form sublongitudinal rows. Length 
4 mm. 
ovalau : (type locality); Wainiloka, July 
11, 1938, C. M. Cooke, Jr. 
133. Febra rubra Gressitt, n. sp. 
Fig. 46 
Female: Reddish ochraceous with a very 
slight purplish metallic tint on basal antennal 
segments, pronotum, and base, middle and 
lateral declivity of elytron. 
Head concave in lateral outline anteriorly, 
with vertex projecting; swollen on each side 
and grooved medially between eyes, a lesser 
swelling on each side of occiput. Antenna 
slightly longer than body, slender; scape 
nearly as long as next two segments com- 
bined; third much longer than second; third 
and fourth subequal, following very slightly 
shorter. Prothorax nearly twice as broad as 
long, feebly convex on disc, but declivitous 
at side to margin, coarsely and closely punc- 
tured. Scutellum subtriangular, rounded be- 
hind. Elytron more than twice as long as head 
and prothorax together, coarsely punctured 
in 11 fairly regular rows, the punctures close 
longitudinally, but with distinct raised longi- 
tudinal interspaces. Ventral surfaces feebly 
punctured. First hind tarsal segment hardly 
as long as next two combined. Length 3.5 mm. 
viti levu: Holotype, female (Bishop 
2466), Nandarivatu, 1100 m., Sept. 10, 1938, 
Zimmerman. Two paratypes, Tholo-i-suva, 
Mar. and Apr. 1951, Krauss. 
Differs from F. varioloidea Fairmaire in 
being reddish ochraceous instead of green 
above, in having the pronotum less deeply, 
though almost as coarsely, punctured, and 
the elytron punctured in distinct longitudinal 
rows with broad low ridges between the rows 
instead of densely punctured throughout. 
The paratypes are tinged with greenish above, 
and are partly green at sides of pronotum and 
elytron. 
PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. XI, January, 1957 
134. Febra nigroornata nigroornata 
Bryant, n. sp. 
Fig. 47 
Oval, convex; flavous, side and median 
portion of prothorax black, elytron flavous, 
with a broad longitudinal black marking, 
broadening from base to apex, not touching 
side margin. 
Head flavous, impunctate, a longitudinal 
median narrow impression from between an- 
tennal insertions to between eyes. Antenna 
long and slender, extending beyond middle 
of elytron, first segment very long, about 
equal to second and third together, third 
slightly longer than fourth, fifth to apical seg- 
ments all about equal. Prothorax transverse, 
widest at base, contracted in front, impunc- 
tate, flavous, sides and base broadly black, 
and a longitudinal narrow black line, not 
touching anterior margin. Scutellum black, tri- 
angular, impunctate. Elytron with side rounded, 
widest just behind the middle, flavous, with 
the side broadly black, not touching side 
margin or suture, but broadening from base 
to apex, punctate-striate. Legs flavous; pos- 
