REVISION OF COELID1INAE 93 



median length of pronotum; elytra elongate, veins slightly obscured, appendix well developed, 

 venation as in description of genus; clypeus elongate, broad anteriorly, narrowed posteriorly, 

 lateral margins excised at middle below antennal sockets, without median longitudinal carina, 

 surface finely granulose, rugulose along anterior margin; clypellus with lateral margins expanded 

 apically. 



Male pygofer in lateral aspect with long curved process similiar to bispiculata; aedeagus 

 in lateral aspect with dorsal appendage broad at basal three-fourths, narrowed at apical one- 

 fourth; dorsal appendage with a pair of short, broad, curved spines arising subdorsally near 

 middle of appendage; ventral appendage long, narrow, tube-like, apex reaching apex of dorsal 

 appendage; gonopore apical; connective Y-shaped; style clawed apically; plate with distal 

 segment elongate, expanded medially on dorsal margin. 



Specimen examined. 



Holotype £, New Guinea: Torricelli Mts, Sugoitei Village, 900 m, 24.1.-5.11.1959 

 (W. W. Brandt) (BPBM, Honolulu). 



Biology. Unknown. 



Remarks. From bispiculata, to which it is closely related, turrita can be 

 distinguished by the short curved spine arising subdorsally from near the middle 

 of the dorsal appendage of the aedeagus. 



Tharra bispiculata sp. n. 



(Text-figs 244-248) 



Length: <$ 5-30 mm, $ 6-40 mm. 



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

 ochraceous; elytra testaceous; veins deep testaceous; clypeus and clypellus ochraceous. 



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

 margin of eyes, distal length about one-third entire median length, striate radially, lateral 

 margins somewhat convex, disk elevated considerably above level of eyes; ocelli small, situated 

 anteriorly; eyes large, somewhat globular, occupying nearly two-thirds of entire dorsal area 

 of head; pronotum short, median length less than median length of crown, surface finely 

 knobbed; scutellum large, median length exceeding median length of pronotum; elytra 

 elongate, veins prominent, appendix well developed, venation as in description of genus; 

 clypeus long, broad anteriorly, narrowed posteriorly, lateral margins constricted at antennal 

 sockets, without median longitudinal carina, surface finely granulose, anterior margin rugulose; 

 clypellus with lateral margins divergent apically. 



Male pygofer in lateral aspect with long, curved narrow process, process lightly broader 

 basally, with lateral margins somewhat equidistant throughout and sharply attenuated 

 apically, aperturized medially along inner lateral margin; aedeagus in lateral aspect with dorsal 

 appendage broad at basal three-fourths, narrowed apically, apex curved dorsad; dorsal 

 appendage with short, broad, curved lateral spine near dorsal margin, situated medially, 

 curved anteriorly; ventral appendage long, narrow, tube-like, reaching apex of dorsal appendage; 

 gonopore apical ; connective Y-shaped ; style clawed apically ; plate with terminal segment 

 elongate, slightly expanded subapically. 



Female seventh sternum with posterior margin produced medially. 



Specimens examined. 



Holotype <$, New Guinea: Vogelkop, Bomberi, 700-900 m, 6.VL1959 (T. C. 

 Mad) (BPBM, Honolulu). 



