40 G 



JASSIDiE. 



cited where 199| acres had been plucked, and had given considerably 

 less leaf than had often been obtained from a patch of seventeen 

 acres. The only treatment that was tried was extra hoeing in the 

 hope of bringing vigour to the bushes. 



Experimeiits made with several insecticides with the hope of 

 destroying the pest are detailed by Mr. M. K. Bamber in his 

 ' Chemistry and Agriculture of Tea' pp. 250-1. 



Gillette states that the only difference he can find in specimens 

 taken in Colorado from those received from the eastern portions 

 of the United States and from Europe is that they are all of a rather 

 deep green colour, instead of yellow or greenish-yellow. The 

 above description is taken from Ceylonese specimens. 



2676. Empoasca petasata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Cexjlon, p. 21-5 

 (1903). 



" Somewhat long, yellow or greenish-yellow% shining ; vertex 

 rounded in front, with two small black spots on the passage from 

 the vertex to the front ; face somewhat long with faint, indistinct 



Fig. 251. — Empoasca petamta. 



transverse streaks ; pronotum and scutellum uuicolorous, unmarked ; 

 tegmina vitreous, hyaline, dirty or greyish-yellow, sometimes the 

 broader vein and the delicate veins more strongly green ; wings 

 vitreous, veins greenish-yellow ; sometimes the legs darker green."' 

 {Melicliar.^ 



" Length d & $ 4 miUim."' 



Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {^fide MelicJiar), Kandy (Mus. 

 Hongrois). 



A specimen in the Budapest Museum is here figured. 



