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M. W. NIELSON 



Tharra kirkaldyi (Linnavuori) comb. n. 



(Text-figs 507-509) 

 Muirella kirkaldyi Linnavuori, 19606 : 31. Holotype $, Fiji (BPBM, Honolulu) [examined]. 



Length: £ unknown, $ 6-oo mm. 



General colour deep ochre with fuscous markings on crown, pronotum and apex of elytra. 

 Crown yellow with two small fuscous spots apically, two large transverse spots below ocelli 

 and two smaller fuscous spots next to the eyes; eyes dark brown; pronotum ochreous with 

 two small fuscous spots anteriorly; scutellum ochreous; elytra deep ochre with two small 

 fuscous spots on each side of apex of clavus, one large fuscous spot on first apical cell and a 

 curved fuscous line across apical cells, extreme apex with narrow fuscous band; clypeus yellow 

 with broad fuscous band subapically; small brown vittae laterally below; clypellus yellow. 



Head narrower than pronotum; crown produced distally beyond anterior margin of eyes, 

 distal length about half total median length, striate radially, strongly depressed medially, 

 carinate laterally, lateral margins nearly parallel, disk elevated above eyes; ocelli small, situated 

 laterally; eyes large, occupying over half entire dorsal area of head, compressed laterally; 

 pronotum short, median length less than median length of crown; scutellum large, median 

 length longer than median length of pronotum; elytra elongate, veins prominent, venation 

 as in generic description, appendix well developed; clypeus long, broad at subapical half, 

 narrowed at basal half, concave in lateral aspect, carina absent, surface finely granulose, 

 rugulose on anterior margin; clypellus with lateral margins slightly divergent apically. 



Female seventh sternum with posterior margin produced slightly at middle. 



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509 



Figs 507—509. Tharra kirkaldyi (Linnavuori). 507, head, pronotum and scutellum, 

 dorsal view; 508, same, lateral view; 509, face. 



Distribution. Fiji Islands. 



Specimens examined. 



Muirella kirkaldyi Linnavuori, holotype $, Fiji: Viti Levu, Lami, v. 1951 

 {N. L. H. Krauss) (BPBM, Honolulu). 



Fiji: Viti Levu, Lami, 1 $, iii, 1951 {N. L. H. Krauss). 



Biology. Unknown. Specimens were collected in March and April. 



