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3636. Empoasca nigroscutellata, sp. n. 



Head, prouotum and scutelluiu pale ochraceous; eyes and a 

 prominent spot at apex of scutellum, black ; body beneath and legs 

 pale ochraceous ; tegmina creamy-white, the inner margins more 

 or less slightly infuscate ; vertex of head rounded, nob more than 

 half as long as breadth between eyes ; scutellum strongly trans- 

 versely impressed ; tegmina extending far beyond abdominal apex. 



Length incl. tegm. 4 millim. 



Hob. South India; Kodaikanal (T. V. Campbell). 



3637. Empoasca devastans, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum pale ochraceous ; vertex with 

 two black spots on apical margin ; face with the lateral areas 

 more or less distinctly pale brownish ; body beneath pale 

 ochraceous ; legs and tegmina pale greenish-ochraceous, the latter 

 with a black spot near apex of each claval area ; vertex of head 

 short, conically rounded anteriorly, more than half as long as 

 breadth between eyes ; pronotum with three greyish-white spots 

 near anterior margin ; scutellum spotted with greyish-white ; 

 tegmina extending far beyond abdominal apex. 



Length incl. tegm. 3 millim. 



Hab. Nagpur (H. Lefroy). 



A serious pest to newly introduced varieties of cotton and to 

 any weak cotton plants (Lefroy). 



3638. Empoasca nagpurensis, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum pale ochraceous, the scutellum more 

 darkly ochraceous ; eyes black ; face with the lateral areas pale 

 brownish ; legs and sternum ochraceous ; abdomen blackish ; 

 tegmina greyish-white, more or less shaded with very pale 

 brownish, especially on basal, costal and apical areas ; vertex of 

 head broadly rounded anteriorly, about half as long as breadth 

 between eyes ; tegmina extending far beyond abdominal apex. 



Length incl. tegm. 3 millim. 



Hab. Nagpur (H. Lefroy). 



" On wheat ; not known to be a pest" (Lefroy). 



3639. Empoasca radha, sp. n. 



Head and scutellum pale ochraceous, pronotum dark ochraceous ; 

 eyes, a spot at apex of vertex, and a spot at each basal angle of 

 the scutellum, black; tegmina fuscous, darker on costal area; 

 body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; vertex of head rounded 

 anteriorly, a little more than half as long as breadth between 

 eyes ; tegmina far exceeding the abdominal apex. 



Length incl. tegm. 4 millim. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills (T. V. Campbell). 



