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M. W. NIELSOX 



127 



Figs 124-128. Tharra ventriosa sp. n. 124, male pygofer, lateral view; 125, plate, lateral 

 view; 126, aedeagus, lateral view; 127, aedeagus, dorsal view; 128, style, lateral view. 



Tharra picta (Montrouzier) comb. n. 

 (Text-figs 129-133) 



Coelidia picta Montrouzier, 1861 : 74. LECTOTYPE 9. Loyalty Is.: Lifou (NM, Vienna), 



here designated [examined]. 

 Coelidia picta Montrouzier; Metcalf, 1964 : 70. 



General colour piceous with light brown markings on elytra. Crown ochre; pronotum 

 and scutellum piceous in £, light brown to fuscous in 9; elytra piceous with light brown area 

 at apex of clavus; clypeus and clypellus piceous in ^, light brown in §. 



Head narrower than pronotum; crown short, produced distally slightly beyond anterior 

 margin of eyes, distal length less than one-third entire median length of crown, striate radially, 

 slightly depressed medially, lateral margins convergent basally, disk elevated above eyes; 

 ocelli small, situated laterally; eyes large, occupying nearly two-thirds of entire dorsal area of 

 head; pronotum long, median length greater than median length of crown; scutellum large, 



