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M. W. NIELSOX 



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

 anterior margin of eyes, distal length slightly over one-fourth entire median length, striate 

 radially, lateral margins nearly parallel, slightly depressed medially, disk elevated above level 

 of eyes; ocelli small, situated anteriorly; eyes large, occupying over two-thirds entire dorsal 

 area of head; pronotum short, median length about equal to median length of crown, surface 

 finely knobbed; scutellum large, median length greater than median length of pronotum; 

 elytra elongate, veins somewhat obscure, appendix well developed, venation as in description of 

 genus; clypeus elongate, broad anteriorly, tapered posteriorly, without median longitudinal 

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

 nearly parallel or slightly expanded apically. 



Male pygofer in lateral aspect with a long, broad, slightly curved process arising from caudo- 



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308 



307 



Figs 304-308. Tharra gladia sp. n. 304, male pygofer, lateral view; 305, plate, lateral 

 view; 306, aedeagus, lateral view; 307, aedeagus, dorsal view; 308, style, lateral view. 



