ElIPOASCA. 405 



and two obliqne transverse spots on the disk ; pronotum with 

 several large and small wliite spots w liieli run together in places 

 at front margin; scutellum with two white longitudinal stripes 

 \\hich are partly covered by the pronotum and a small transverse 

 spot behind the depressed transverse line, lateral margins irregu- 

 larly bordered with whitish ; tegmina vitreous with very delicate 

 greyish or yellowish veins, the membrane slightly fuliginous; 

 \\ings hyaline; body beneath and legs pale yellow or greyish- 

 yellow. Eesembles E. (Chlorita) favescens, Fabr." {Melicliar.) 



"Lengtii 2 2|millim." 



Hah. Ceylon : Peradeniya, Kala-Wewa (fide MeUcliar). 



Dr. Horvath, of Budapest, has kindly enabled me to figure this 

 species. 



2675. Empoasca flavescens. Fabr. (Cicada) Ent. Si/st. iv, p. 46, 85 

 (1794); id. Sijst. Rhyiifj. p. 79, 85 (1803); Melich. (Chlorita) 

 Cicad. Mitt.-Europ. p. 326, t. xii, flf. 19-21 (1896) ; Gillette, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx, p. 745 (1898) ; Melich. (Juiipoasca) 

 Hojn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 215 (1903) ; id. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxiv, 

 p. 304 (1905) ; Kirk. (Cicadula) Eep. Erp. Stat. Haw. Phmf. 

 Assoc, pt. ix, p. 357 (1906). 

 Var. birdii, Goding, Ent. Neics, i, p. 123 (1890). 



Pale virescent or flavescent, body beneath paler ; vertex shorter 

 than breadth between eyes, rounded in front ; tegraiua shining ; 

 wings hyaline iridescent ; face usually pale greenish, its anterior 

 margin flavescent and with a central longitudinal carinate line ; 

 the lateral areas finely transversely striate ; tarsi and apices of 

 tibiae frequently of a dark bluish-grey ; tegmina of a shining 

 flavescent or pale viridescent hue. 



Length 3 millim. 



Hah. Assam, Darjiling, Cachar. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green). — 

 East Africa {fide Melicliar). Brazil {fide Lethierry). Palsearctic 

 Region, including Algeria and Siberia (j^\7e Lethiemi), fairly common 

 on the European Continent and found in Britain ; common and 

 widespread in the United States (fide Gillette). 



Yol. iii. of ' Indian Museum Notes ' contains several interesting 

 records concerning this now well-known tea-pest. In no. iv, 

 p. 34, we read that " a large amount of damage from this insect 

 was reported in 1891 from tea-gardens, especially in Cachar and 

 in the Upper Assam Valley." In the latter district the insect is 

 said to have appeared in the early part of the season and to have 

 lasted on until June. According to a report dated 19th June, 

 1891, from a garden in Cachar, the insect stops the growth of 

 the young shoots and prevents their ever becoming fit for plucking. 

 The effect of the pest was said to be deplorable. Over whole 

 sections of the tea-garden the plants were covered with leaf about 

 an inch in length, which never grew any bigger ; and one case is 



