i2 4 M. W. NIELSON 



Remarks. From danae, to which it is similar in male genital characteristics, 

 caledoniensis can be separated by the presence of the broad, short pygofer process, 

 and the rounded, convex posterior margin of the male plate. 



Tharra danae sp. n. 



(Text-figs 334-338) 



Length: £ 3-70-4-00 mm, § 4-40-4-90 mm. 



General colour deep testaceous in £, light fuscous in °.; sexual dimorphism apparent. Crown 

 ochraceous in both sexes; pronotum deep testaceous in ,$, light fuscous in $; scutellum deep 

 testaceous in g, ochraceous with a deep testaceous anterior spot in §; elytra deep testaceous 

 in (J, elytra light fuscous with testaceous veins in §; clypeus ochraceous at anterior half, deeply 

 testaceous at posterior half, completely ochraceous in §; clypellus deeply testaceous in £, 

 ochraceous in 0_ with fuscous T-shaped spot. 



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

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

 radially, lateral margins converging basally, disk elevated above level of eyes; ocelli small, 

 situated anteriorly; eyes very large, occupying well over two-thirds entire dorsal area of head; 

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

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

 broad anteriorly, narrowed posteriorly, without median longitudinal carina, finely granulose 

 at apical three-fourths, rugulose at anterior one-fourth; clypellus with lateral margins nearly 

 parallel. 



Male pygofer in lateral aspect with a short, strongly curved process, process with lateral 

 margins broad basally, constricted medially and very broad apically, aperturized at apical 

 one-third, apex pointed; aedeagus in lateral aspect with dorsal appendage broad at apical 

 two-thirds, narrowly constricted at apical one-third, narrow r ed tube-like at apical one-third, 

 slightly curved; dorsal appendage without spines or flanges; ventral appendage long, narrow, 

 tube-like, closely appressed to dorsal appendage, apex reaching apex of dorsal appendage; 

 gonopore apical; connective Y-shaped; style hooked apically; plate with distal segment very 

 broad apically, subquadrate. 



Female seventh sternum with posterior margin slightly produced medially, slightly notched 

 medially. 



Specimens examined. 



Holotype <$, New Caledonia: mountain stream up Boulari R., light-trap, 3.xi.i958 

 (C. K.Joyce) (BPBM, Honolulu). 



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

 Honolulu); 1 $, same data as holotype; Mt Koghi, 500-800 m, 2 <$, 23-27.X.1967 

 (/. & M. Sedlacek); Mt des Koghis, 1 $, 400-600 m, i. 1969 (N. L. H. Krauss); 

 Mt des Koghis, 600-900 m, 1 $, 19. hi. 1968 (T. C. Mad); Col d'Amieu, 650 m, 

 2 $, 31.iii.1968 (/. L. Gressitt & T. C. Maa); Col d'Amieu, 130 km N. of Noumea, 

 350-650 m, 1 $, 13. xi. 1963 (R. Straatman) ; La Caulee, 1 §, 23. i. 1963 (C. M. Yoshimoto) ; 

 Mokoue, 150m, 2 $, 20-22.iii.1968 (T. C. Maa); Plaine des Lacs, 1 <j>, 2.U.1963 

 (/. L. Gressitt); Mokoue to Dothio, 150-500 m, 2 <j>, 20-22. iii.1968 (/. L. Gressitt 

 & T. C. Maa) (BPBM, Honolulu); Mt des Koghis, 400-600 m, 1 (J, 1 $, i. 1969 

 {N. L. H. Krauss) (BMNH, London); Mt Koghis, 1 ^, i. 1962 (IV. L. H. Krauss); 

 Mt Koghis, 500-800 m, 1 $, 23-27. x. 1967 (/. & M. Sedlacek), in author's collection. 



Biology. Unknown. 



