122 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Genus BUCA. 



Caput thorace raulto angustius ; vertex conicus; frons elon- 

 gata, faciem versus latescens ; facias lanceolata. Prothorax traus- 

 veisus, parvus, antice conicus, carinis tribus distinctis. Mesothorax 

 non carinatus. Alae vitrese; anticse angulis nuUis, venis paucis 

 arcuatis, venulis sex transversis. 



Head much narrower tban the thorax. Vertex conical. Front 

 much longer than broad, slightly widening towards the face, which 

 is lanceolate. Prothorax transverse, small, conical in front, with 

 three distinct keels, the lateral pair oblique. Mesothorax not 

 keeled. Wings vitreous. Fore wings with the angles quite 

 rounded ; veins few and curved ; about six transverse veinlets. 



This genus has some resemblance to Dictyophora. 



BuCA SIMPLEX. 



Foem. Viridis, ex parte testacea ; vertex carinatus^ marginibus 

 elevatis, nigro higuttatus ; frons subcarinata, marginibus ele- 

 vatis ; alee vitrece^ venis fulvis ; anticce venis qtiinque^ duabus 

 inlegris, tribus furcatis, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore 

 convexo. 



Female. Green, partly testaceous. Vertex with elevated bor- 

 ders, with a black dot on the keel, and with another on the 

 fore border ; front with a slight keel and with elevated borders. 

 Wings vitreous ; veins tawny. Fore wings with five longitudinal 

 veins ; two of them simple ; three divided, and two subdivided ; 

 border slightly convex along the costa, convex exteriorly, and from 

 thence to the interior border ; the angles quite obsolete. Length of 

 the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus EUPILIS. 

 Eupilis, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 93. 



EUPILIS ALBILINEOLA. 



Eupilis albilineola, JFalk. Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 93, 43; 162, 110. 

 a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



