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Empcasca ihea, Dist. 

 Dist., Entom. XLIiri96 (1910), 'f. I. Rhyn. VII 91 (1918). 

 Destructive to tea in Cachar in company with E. flavescens. Also 

 from Calcutta. '■ 



Empoasca devasfans, Dist. 



Dist., F. I. VII 93 (1918) ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 117. 

 [Empoasca sp.] 

 We have this from : — Pusa, 8th August 1912, on cotton ; Coimbatore, 

 7th January 1914, on cotton ; Taru (Peshawar), 26th September 1913, 

 on cotton ; Nagpur ; Lyallpur, on cotton ; Dhulia Farm, on cotton ; 

 and Dharwar, on cotton. It is at times a bad pest of cotton, especially 

 of exotic varieties. ^ 



Empoasca sp. 

 This was found at Peshawar in numbers on leaves of beetroot on 

 26th September 1913. 



' EmjJoasca sp. 

 This species attacks grape-vine in numbers at Peshawar in August. 

 It has not been identified as yet. 



PSYLLID^. 



Arytaina isilis, Buckt. 



Psyllopa punctipennis, Crawf . 



Psylh isitis, Entl. Mem. IV, No. 6 ; Agricl. .Journ. Ind., VIII, 



1-26, tab. 1-4 (.Jan. 1913) ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 



p. 81. 



This species occurs on indigo in most parts of the Plains of India, 



from the Punjab to Madras, but is a minor pest as a rule, occasionally 



serious, especially in North Bihar. 



Euphalerus citri, Kuw. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 215, 216. 

 We have this from Cherat (North- AVest Frontier Province), Lyallpur, 

 Pusa, Pooua and Coimbatore. It is usually a minor pest of Citrus spp. 

 (orange, lime, lemon, pomelo), sometimes occurring in large numbers 

 and doing considerable damage, especially in the Punjab. At Pusa 

 and Coimbatore it has been found on shoots of Marraya koenigii and 

 at Coimbatore on Cordia cordifolia also. 



Spraying with fishoil-resin soap is effective. 



