REVISION OF COELIDIINAE 79 



in dorsal aspect, apex constricted and curved dorsally; ventral appendage long, tube-like, 

 apex not reaching apex of dorsal appendage; gonopore apical; connective Y-shaped; style 

 clawed apically; plate with distal segment semiglobulose. 



Female seventh sternum with posterior margin produced medially. 



Specimens examined. 



Holotype j, New Caledonia: Mt Koghi, iii.1959 (A r . L. H. Kratiss) (BPBM, 

 Honolulu). 



Paratypes. New Caledonia: allotype $, same data as holotype (BPBM, 

 Honolulu); 4 $, same data as the holotype; We, Lifou I., 1 <J, 16-18. ii. 1963 (C. M. 

 Yoshimoto); Col de la Pirogue, 330m, 1 o", 14. ii. 1963 (C. M. Yoshimoto), Mokue 

 to Dothio, 150-500 m, 1 $, 20-22.iii.1968 [T. C. Maa) (BPBM, Honolulu); Mokoue 

 to Dothio, 150-500 m, 1 $, 1 $, 20-22. iii. 1968 (/. L. Gressitt & T. C. Maa) (BMNH, 

 London); Mokoue to Dothio, 1 <J, 1 $, 150-500 m, 20-22. iii. 1968 (T. C. Maa) (USNM, 

 Washington); 1 ^ 1 ?, same data as holotype, in author's collection. Loyalty 

 Is.: We, Lifou I., 1 J, 16-18. ii. 1963 (C. M. Yoshimoto). 



This species is named in honour of the late Miss Setsuko Nakata who provided 

 me much assistance during my stay at the Bishop Museum. 



Biology. Unknown. 



Remarks. Tharra nakatai is similar to kraussi in general habitus and can be 

 distinguished from that species by the subglobular plate. 



Tharra permagna sp. n. 



(Text-figs 199-203) 



Length: <$ 5-30 mm, $ 5-7o-6-oo mm. 



General colour light testaceous to deep fuscous with numerous ochraceous spots or markings 

 on elytra; sexual dimorphism apparent. 



Crown, pronotum, scutellum piceous in <$, ochraceous in 9; elytra light piceous with numerous 

 fuscous spots and markings in $, fuscous with numerous markings in Q; veins piceous in <3\ 

 light ochraceous in $; clypeus and clypellus light ochraceous to light rufous. 



Head slightly narrower than pronotum; crown long and narrow, produced distally beyond 

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

 lateral margins convex, disk elevated above eyes; ocelli small, situated anteriolaterally; eyes 

 large, somewhat globular, occupying nearly two-thirds entire dorsal area of head; pronotum 

 very short, median length about two-thirds median length of crown, surface finely knobbed; 

 scutellum large, median length greater than median length of pronotum; elytra elongate, 

 veins distinct, apical cells somewhat shortened, appendix well developed, venation as in generic 

 description; clypeus long and broad throughout, constricted near antennal sockets, with 

 remnants of a short, obscure median longitudinal carina anteriorly, surface finely granulose, 

 rugulose along anterior margin; clypellus with lateral margins parallel. 



Male pygofer in lateral aspect with large, broad, curved process arising from caudoventral 

 margin, process aperturized on inner lateral margin at apical two-thirds, aperturized area 

 striate longitudinally; aedeagus in lateral aspect with a pair of serrate spines subapically on 

 dorsal margin of dorsal appendage; dorsal appendage broad basally, narrowed at apical half; 

 ventral appendage long, tube-like, curved abruptly basally and extending distally beyond 

 apex of dorsal appendage, numerous fine spicules subbasally on dorsal surface, apex furcate 

 distally in dorsal aspect; gonopore apical; connective Y-shaped; style not clawed, slightly 

 hooked apically; plate with distal segment elongate. 



