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New Leaf-Hoppers (Homoptera, Jassoidea) from 
\A^esterx Australta. 
13.— NEW LEAF-HOPPERS (HOMOPTERA, JASSOIDEA) 
FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 
By J. W. Evans, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.E.S. 
Read 8th April, 1941 ; Published 29th May, 1942. 
Communicated by C. F. H. Jenkins. 
Although the leaf-hoppers of Western Australia are not well known, 
sufficient material has been described from this region to arouse great interest. 
It is probable that the Eurymelidae, which is the dominant group of Australian 
leaf-hoppers, originated in Western Australia in Cretaceous times and to-day 
one sub-family, the Pogonoseopinae, which is mynnecophilous, is almost 
entirely confined to it. The most interesting genera of the Ipoinae, Cormiti^ 
2 Joi<h>s Ev. and Bakeriola Ev. are Western Australian, as is also the most hand- 
some representative of the whole family, Eurymelops generosa (Stal). 
On this account it has been a privilege to have had an opportunity to 
examine the largt; collection of Western Australian Jassoids collected by Mr 
R. E. Turner in 1935 and 1936, and I am grateful to the Trustees of the British 
Museum and to Mr. W. E. China for having afforded me tins opportunity. 
Eight new genera arul fifty-one new species are described, and lists giv en of 
species that have previously been recorded from Western Australia or that 
occur in the pres(mt collection. The arrangement into families is based on 
the system proposed in an earlier 2 :)ublication (Ev'ans, 1939, b). 
T1k‘ sole new spei'ios described that was not collecteil by Mr. Turner is one 
which is represi^nted by a speeimen collected by Charles Darwin at King 
George’s Sound in 1836. All the types will eventually be returned to th© 
British Museum. 
EURYMELIDAE. 
The following species of Eurymelidae have previously been recorded from 
Western Australia. Those marked with a * are believed to be confined to th© 
State. Sub-family Eurymelinae ; Eurymdoj^s generosa*- (Stal), Eurymelops 
latijascia (Walk.), Eurnieloides walkeri* Dist., Eurynieloides punctata (Sign.), 
Euryrnelita terminalis (Walk.). Sub-family Ipoinae : Jpo (or pens* Jac., Ipoella 
norrisi* Ev., Stenipo swam* Ev., Ipoides cas^irinac Ev., Anncornutlpo lignosa 
(Walk.), Cornutipoides tri^rnis* Ev., Bakeriola pjrociirrens* (Jac.). Sub- 
family Pogonoseopinae : Bogonoscopus Icnis* (Jac.), /*. mynne.r* China, 
P. clarki* China, P. fuscus* Cliina, Lasioscopus acmaeops* (Jac,), Australoscopus 
whiteii China. Descriptions and figures of tlie Eurymelina(> listed above are 
given in Evans, 1933, of the Ipoinae in Evans, 1934 and 1939, c, and of th© 
Pogonoseopinae in China, 1926. 
IPOINAE. 
Anipo fusca sp. nov. 
(Plate I., fig. 14.) 
Length 3*5 mm. Head, ventral surfactL ant(vclypeus, lora and maxillary 
plates, pale yellowish-brown with a median chestnut-brown longitudinal 
stripe ; vertex anteriorly dark brown, posteriorly pale brown. Crown of 
even wddth throughout. Pronohon and Scntelhnn pale browau Tegnten colour- 
i 149/42. 
t This species also occurs in Victoria. 
