BOLAXUSOIDES. EMPOA8CA. 91 



scutellum with a large dark spot at each basal angle; body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous ; tegmina blackish, with transverse 



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Fig. 54. Bolanusoides heros. 



darker linear markings, the basal and apical areas paler and more 

 ochraceous ; other structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length incl. tegm. 4 millim. 



Hob. N.W. India ; Kumaon. 



Genus EMPOASCA. (Vol. IV, p. 401.) 

 EMPOASCA FLAVESCEXS. (Vol. IV, p. 405.) 



Add : Hob. United Provinces ; Cawnpur. Bengal ; Pusa. 



The specimens received from Cawnpur are labelled " from 

 Pigeon Pea (Cajanus indicus) not known to be injurious 

 (Lefroy} " ; those from Pusa are recorded as " on Castor." 



3631. Empoasca thea. 



Epipoasca thea, Dist., "Entomologist," xliii, p. 196 (1910). 



Bright pale olivaceous green ; eyes black ; tegmina either with the 

 apical area greyish- white, or greyish-white with the basal area and 

 costal margin green ; body beneath and legs pale olivaceous green ; 

 vertex of head rounded, more than twice as broad as long; 

 scutellum strongly transversely impressed before apex ; tegmina 

 considerably passing abdominal apex, with a distinct elongate 

 discal cell before the apical cells. 



Length incl. tegm. 4 millim. 



Hob. Cachar ( Antram). Calcutta. 



Mr. Charles B. Antram sent me this species, found as a very 

 destructive pest to tea-gardens in company with E> JJavescens, Eabr. 

 I have also received a single specimen from Calcutta. 



