136 M. W. XIELSOX 



Distributiox. Tonga Islands. 



Specimens examined. 



Jassoidula metallica Osborn, holotype 9> Tonga: Nukualofa, 16.ii.1925 (P. A. 

 Buxton & G. H. Hopkins) (BMNH, London). Jassoidula cuprescens Osborn, holotype 

 <$, Tonga: Neiafu Bavau, 5.111.1925 (P. A. Buxton & G. H. Hopkins) (BMNH, 

 London) . 



Tonga: Bavau I., Holonga, 1 <J, 1 $, 2. i. 1956 (N. Krauss) (BPBM, Honolulu); Bavau I., 

 Holonga, 1 $, 1 9, 2. i. 1956 (N. Krauss), in author's collection. 



Biology. Unknown. 



Remarks. This species is similar to vitiensis but can be separated from that 

 species by the ventral appendage of the aedeagus which exceeds the apex of the 

 dorsal appendage. 



Tharra vitiensis sp. n. 



(Text-figs 309-373) 



Length: <J 5-00— 5-30 mm, 9 5 - 70-6-oo mm. 



General colour ochraceous with a broad, longitudinal fuscous band on forewings. Crown 

 rufous; eyes griseous in q\ deep fuscous in 9; pronotum and scutellum ochraceous; elytra with 

 clavus and costal area ochraceous, broad, longitudinal fuscous band between costal area and 

 clavus in both sexes; clypeus rufous at anterior half, ochraceous at posterior half; 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 slightly convergent basally, disk elevated above level of eyes; ocelli small, situated 

 anteriorly; eyes large, occupying about 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; elytra elongate, veins prominent, 

 appendix well developed, venation as in description of genus; clypeus elongate, broad anteriorly, 

 narrowed posteriorly, without median longitudinal carina, surface finely granulose, rugulose 

 along anterior margin; clypellus with lateral margins slightly expanded distally. 



Male pygofer in lateral aspect with moderately broad process arising from caudoventral 

 margin, process with lateral margins nearly equidistant throughout, slightly broader subapically 

 than mesally, aperturized on outer subapical margin; aedeagus in lateral aspect with dorsal 

 appendage broad at basal half, becoming narrowly attenuated at apical half, slightly curved 

 dorsally; dorsal appendage without spines or flanges, dorsal margin expanded in dorsal view; 

 ventral appendage long, narrow, slightly curved, reaching to or slightly beyond apex of dorsal 

 appendage; gonopore apical; connective Y-shaped; style broadly hooked apically; plate with 

 distal segment elongate, dorsal margin expanded medially. 



Female seventh sternum with posterior margin produced medially. 



Specimens examined. 



Holotype <$, Fiji: Viti Levu, Lami, iv. 1951 (N. L. H. Krauss) (BPBM, Honolulu). 



Paratypes. Fiji: allotype 9, same data as holotype (BPBM, Honolulu); 55 S, 

 22 9, same data as holotype; Viti Levu, Tholo-1-suva, 3 $, i-iv.1951 (N. L. H. 

 Kraiiss); Viti Levu, Nadarivatu, 1 <J, 2 9, v. 1951 (N. L. H. Krauss); Rewa, 3 <$, 

 iv. 1906 {F. Muir) (BPBM, Honolulu) ; 2 <J, same data as holotype (LTF, Turku) ; 



