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two insects shows, moreover, that the whole habitus of the present species 
is different, the tegmina particularly being one and a half times as long 
as those of E. parvula. 
amp grassy and sedgy clearings in rain-forest, Wellington, Wanganui; 
December-A pril. 
I dedicate this distinct and handsome species to Mrs. H. J. D. Stowe 
(née Anson), whose co-operation in collecting has been invaluable. 
Described from two females. 
Holotype in Myers collection, Biology Laboratory. 
П. FULGOROIDEA (Plant-hoppers). 
Some sixteen species of this interesting superfamily have now been 
described from New Zealand. This number probably represents a mere | 
fraction of the total. It includes several introduced forms from Australia, 
notably Siphanta acuta Walker, Scolypopa australis Walker (common in 
tremendous numbers on a great variety of plants in the Waikato and 
other bacteria. : 
| А considerable number of endemic Fulgoroids now await description. 
They will not be published until a thorough study of the genitalia has been 
made. Mr. F. Muir, whose assistance in this superfamily has been especially 
Famity DICTYOPHORIDAE. 
Well represented in the Australian and Oriental regions. 
Genus THANATODICTYA Kirkaldy. 
Bull. 1, Div. Ent., H.S.P.A. Expt. Sta., p. 392, 1906. 
A typically Australian genus. : 
Head very elongate, narrow, porrect. Vertex bordered on each pa ; 
by a keel. Tegmina hyaline: apical third subreticulate. Legs simple> | 
posterior tibiae four-spined. Vertex nodulose at base, and stigma gar 
(this last sentence characterizes the subgenus Niculda Kirk.). : 
Thanatodictya tillyardi n. sp. (Figs. 45—47.) 
d. General colour fulvous clouded with fuscous. Vertex bright 
yellowish-brown, except nodulosities at base, which are darker. 1 
diately anterior to these, vertex is finely transversely striate; à dark-brown 
stripe between longitudinal ridges of vertex. Pronotum concolorous wit 
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