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and scutellum ochraceous to light fuscous; elytra ochraceous with a narrow fuscous subapical 

 band in ^, two fuscous subapical bands in £; clypeus and 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 parallel, disk elevated above level of eyes ; ocelli small, situated anteriorly ; eyes moderate 

 size, occupying a little over half 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, anterior margins broad, lateral margins narrowed 

 posteriorly, excised slightly at middle near antennal sockets, without median longitudinal carina, 

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

 slightly constricted medially, expanded apically. 



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486 



487 



Figs 484-488. Tharra testacea (Walker). 484, male pygofer, lateral view; 485, plate, 

 lateral view; 486, aedeagus, lateral view; 487, aedeagus, dorsal view; 488, style, lateral 

 view. 



