Mvzns.—New Zealand Plant-hoppers. 323 
9. Length, 4mm.; tegmen, 43mm. Colours and markings mo 
obscure. Ovipositor very short and stout but projecting beyond anal 
segment; between them a small wax-secreting area. 
One male and one female. Mount Alpha, 3,600 ft., Tararua Range ; 
on undergrowth of shrubby Senecio and Olearia in Nothofagus forest 
(J. G. Myers). 
Holotype and allotype: Myers collection, Department of Agriculture. 
Mr. F. Muir. 
I dedicate this, the genotype of an endemic genus, to Mr. 
Malpha iris n. sp. 
9. Length, 4mm.; tegmen, 46mm. In dorsal view, second joint of 
antennae projecting well beyond eyes. Pale-brownish; the tegmina folded 
almost horizontally ; y-clear with veins fuscous, in parts white. tigma 
whitish; apically somewhat thickened and blackish. A black spot at the 
lateral corners of mesonotum. Basal portion of frons whitish; borders 
shining yellowish-brown; apical part shining-piceous except to within a 
short distance of clypeus. Median ocellus black (at least there is a black 
dot in this position. I am not sure whether it is a functional ocellus). 
Clypeus long and narrow, whitish. There is a distinctly marked line of 
colour from the base of the tegmen on one side to that on the other ] 
One female. York Bay, Wellington ; mixed Nothofagus and rain forest 
(І. Н. Myers) I dedicate this species to the discoverer, my wife. 
Holotype, female: Myers colleótion, Department of Agriculture. 
Malpha duniana n. sp. (Plate 23, fig. 3.) 
legs with a proximal and a distal band of brownish. 
9. ,5mm.; tegmen, 5-1 mm. The two inner keels of mesonotum 
almost obsolete. Abdomen dark. Ovipositor somewhat larger than that of 
M. muiri and M. iris. 
One male and two females. Dun Mountain, Nelson, 3,000 ft. (R. J. 
Tillyard and A. Philpott). 
Holotype: Myers collection, Department of Agriculture. Allotype : 
Cawthron Institute. 
In the structure of the face and in the shape of the genital styles this 
species approaches Aka more than do the other species of the genus. 
Malpha cockcrofti n. sp. 
9. Length, 4:5 mm.; tegmen, 5mm. Uniform reddish - ochraceous, 
deepening on the face, under-parts, and mesonotum to à shining-tawny. 
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