REVISION OF COELIDIINAE 139 



Male pygofer in lateral aspect with broad, curved process arising from near middle of caudal 

 margin, process with lateral margins somewhat broad at basal two-thirds and broadly sinuate 

 at apical third with lateral margins becoming somewhat attenuated, apex with a pair of short 

 projections (aedeagus and connective are not described because of missing parts and lack of 

 material); style broadly clawed apically; plate with distal segment somewhat elongate, broad 

 medially. 



Female seventh sternum with posterior margin produced medially. 



Distribution. Fiji Islands. 



Specimens examined. 



Tharra hades Linnavuori, holotype <$, Fiji: Viti Levu, Mt Victoria, Tholo North, 

 13. ix. 1938 {Zimmerman). 



Fiji: Viti Levu, Nandarivatu, 3600ft, 1 <J, 5.ix.iQ38 (E. C. Zimmerman); Navai, Viti Levu, 

 1 $, ix. 1950 [N. L. H. Krauss). 



Biology. Unknown. 



Remarks. From kassiphone, to which it is similar in general habitus, hades 

 •can be separated by the presence of the broadly sinuate pygofer process with its 

 short apical projections. 



Tharra kassiphone Kirkaldy 

 (Text-figs 377-381) 



Tharra kassiphone Kirkaldy, 1907 : 72. Holotype <J, Fiji (BPBM, Honolulu) [examined]. 

 Tharra kassiphone v.ir. a Kirkaldy, 1907 : 77. 

 Tharra kassiphone Kirkaldy; Linnavuori, 19606 : 28. 

 Tharra kassiphone Kirkaldy; Metcalf, 1964 : 24. 

 Tharra kassiphone var. a Kirkaldy; Metcalf, 1964 : 24. 



Length: <$ 4*10-4 -40 mm, § 4-90-5-40 mm. 



General colour testaceous in both sexes. Crown testaceous; eyes light griseous to rufofuscous; 

 pronotum and scutellum testaceous; elytra deep testaceous; clypeus deep testaceous in both 

 sexes; clypellus deep testaceous in ^, light ochraceous in $. 



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

 anterior margin of eyes, distal length about one-fourth entire median length, striate radially, 

 slightly depressed medially, lateral margins converging basally; ocelli small, situated anteriorly; 

 eyes very large, somewhat globular, occupying 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 ; elytra elongate, veins 

 somewhat obscure, appendix well developed, venation as in description of genus; clypeus 

 elongate, broad anteriorly, narrowed posteriorly, lateral margins slightly excavated medially 

 near antennal sockets, without median longitudinal carina, surface finely granulose, rugulose 

 along anterior margin; clypellus with lateral margins constricted medially, expanded apically. 



Male pygofer in lateral aspect with very broad, curved process arising near caudoventral 

 margin, process with lateral margins broad at basal half, somewhat narrowed at apical half, 

 apex serrate or dentate along margin; aedeagus in lateral aspect with dorsal appendage broad at 

 basal half, becoming narrowly attenuated subapically, apex abruptly curved dorsad; dorsal 

 appendage without spines or flanges; ventral appendage very long, narrow, tube-like, apex 

 broadly expanded and extending beyond apex of dorsal appendage ; gonopore apical ; connective 



