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M. W. NIELSON 



Tharra turrita sp. n. 



(Text-figs 239-243) 



Length: cJ 5-10 mm, 9 unknown. 



General colour fuscous. Crown, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous; eyes testaceous; 

 elytra deep fuscous; clypeus and clypellus light ochraceous. 



Head narrower than pronotum; crown produced distally beyond anterior margin of eyes, 

 distal length about one-third entire median length, striate radially, lateral margins convergent 

 basally, disk elevated above eyes; ocelli small, situated anteriorly; eyes moderate size, 

 occupying nearly two-thirds entire dorsal area of head; pronotum with median length equal 

 to median length of crown, surface finely knobbed ; scutellum large, median length exceeding 



Figs 239—243. Tharra turrita sp. n. 239, male pygofer, lateral view; 240, plate, lateral 

 view; 241, aedeagus, lateral view; 242, aedeagus, dorsal view; 243, style, lateral view. 



