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Figs 421-425. Tharra jlavomaculata Metcalf. 421, male pygofer, lateral view; 422, plate, 

 lateral view; 423, aedeagus, lateral view; 424, aedeagus, dorsal view; 425, style, lateral 

 view. 



I have examined what remains of the original type-material of T. Jlavomaculata 

 in the BPBM, Honolulu. The holotype (data given in the synonymy) was missing 

 from the pin and is presumed lost. The female paratype (Caroline Is.: Truk Is., 

 Tarik I., 7.1.1936 (Z. Ono)) had been dissected, presumably by Metcalf, and was 

 nearly destroyed, with only the damaged elytra remaining. The dissected remains 

 imbedded in a capsule of damar and attached to the specimen proved to be the 

 genitalia of a cixiid. For all intents and purposes the type-material of jlavomaculata 

 is no longer extant. Inasmuch as flavomaculata and rubrovittata are synonymous, 

 the former representing the female and the latter the male of the same species, 

 a male specimen from the type-locality is here designated as the neotype in order 

 that the nomenclature of the species be stabilized. 



