1879] 215 



pronotum Tritli an obtusely angular front margin, mucli broader than the head with 



the eyes, disc more remotely punctured. 



Length, <? , 10, ? , 11—12 ; breadth, <? , 4^, ? , 5 mm. 



Captain Broun (many specimens). ISTot unlike, in some respects, 

 A. alni in colour and markings. The structure, however (especially 

 the (^ genitalia), is quite different. 



65. FhiJcBnus Jingens (= Ffyehisjingens, Wlk.). 



Several specimens from Captain Broun. Markings often faint. 



66. P. snbvirescens (= Ptyelus subvireseens, Butler, Aplirophora sul- 



virescens, A. White, MS.). 

 Captain Broun (one specimen). Mr. Butler suggests that P. 

 Jingens is possibly a variety of this. Having but a single example I 

 can scarcely judge (nor can I dissect it), but my impression is that 

 they are distinct. Should they prove to be the aavae, Jingens has the 

 priority. 



67. P. trimaculatus (=^ PtyeJus trimaculatus, Butler, Apliropliora tri- 



maculatus, A. White, MS.). 

 Messrs. Broun, Hutton, and Wakefield. Common and variable. 



Fam. JASSINA. 

 Sul-Fam. JASSID^. 



68. Dorydhivi TVestwoodi, n. sp. 



Pale yellowish-ochreous ; head with a very slight tinge of brown ; tarsi claws 



pale bi'own. Head and thorax finely punctate ; tegmina coarsely reticulate-punctate 



or cribose between the veins. One example has a brown intramarginal streak from 



the base to the apex of the tegmina. 



Length, 14 ; breadth at base of tegmina, 2 ; length of head, 4 mm. 



Three specimens from Mr. Wakefield, with the ticket " Found by 

 Mr. Fereday near Christchurch." This curious species strongly re- 

 sembles the seed of one of the larger grasses. 



69. Atliysanus negatus, n. sp. 



I have not enough material to describe this species at length. It is pale rufous- 

 brown, with no distinct markings ; some indistinct spots on the pronotum, spines of 

 the hind tibiae, and apex of the tarsi, rather darker, as well as the veins (?) or some 

 minute specks near the veins ( (J ) of the tegmina. J , back of abdomen black, apical 

 segments testaceous ; $ , back of abdomen pale brown. 



(J $ . Length, 5 mm. 



Prof. Hutton (three specimens — two fragmentary). 



Fam. FULGORINA. 

 Sub-Fam. CIXIIDAE. 

 Mr. Walker described 7 New Zealand species a« belonging to the 



