. Rhynchota ... Fig. 249.—Empoasca melichan. above claval area, near apex of clavus a black spot; wings palehyaline ; vertex shorter than breadth between eyes, subangularlyrounded in front; pronotam slightly longer than vertex ; faceunmarked; eyes black, their inner margins pale. Length 3 millim. Hub. Ceylon ; Dikoya (Green). 2674. Empoasca notata, MeJich. Horn. Faun. Cci/lofi, p. 214 (1903).. Fig. 250.—Empoasca Narrow, greyish-yellow or pale yellow; eyes black ; vertexobtusely angularly produced, with a white middle line in the neck ElIPOASCA. 405 and two obliqne transverse spots on


. Rhynchota ... Fig. 249.—Empoasca melichan. above claval area, near apex of clavus a black spot; wings palehyaline ; vertex shorter than breadth between eyes, subangularlyrounded in front; pronotam slightly longer than vertex ; faceunmarked; eyes black, their inner margins pale. Length 3 millim. Hub. Ceylon ; Dikoya (Green). 2674. Empoasca notata, MeJich. Horn. Faun. Cci/lofi, p. 214 (1903).. Fig. 250.—Empoasca Narrow, greyish-yellow or pale yellow; eyes black ; vertexobtusely angularly produced, with a white middle line in the neck ElIPOASCA. 405 and two obliqne transverse spots on the disk; pronotum withseveral large and small wliite spots w liieli run together in placesat front margin; scutellum with two white longitudinal stripes\\hich are partly covered by the pronotum and a small transversespot behind the depressed transverse line, lateral margins irregu-larly bordered with whitish; tegmina vitreous with very delicategreyish or yellowish veins, the membrane slightly fuliginous;\\ings hyaline; body beneath and legs pale yellow or greyish-yellow. Eesembles E. (Chlorita) favescens, Fabr. {Melicliar.) Lengtii 2 2|millim. Hah. Ceylon : Peradeniya, Kala-Wewa (fide MeUcliar). Dr. Horvath, of Budapest, has kindly enabled me to figure thisspecies. 2675. Empoasca flavescens. Fabr. (Cicada) Ent. Si/st. iv, p. 46, 85(1794); id. Sijst. Rhyiifj. p. 79, 85 (1803); Melich


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