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PENTATOMIDJE. 



legs, lateral margins of the sternum and abdomen ochraceous, the 

 last broad and containing a series of black spots. 

 Length 4| to 5 ; max. breadth 4| to 5 millira. 



Fig. 10. — Coptosoma ceylonkum, 

 Bab. Ceylon {Green and Lewis). 



24. Coptosoma rugulosum, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) iv, p. 216 (1899). 



Ochmceous, thickly, irregularly, and somewhat confluently 

 covered with coarse reticulated black punctures ; head with the 

 central lobe distinctly margined with black punctures ; eyes testa- 

 ceous ; pronotum with the anterior margin concave, the anterior 

 angles dilated, rounded, and moderately laminate, the lateral 

 margins slightly sinuate, ti'ausverse furrow only slightly indicated ; 

 scutellum without perceptible transverse basal furrow. Body 

 beneath very dark dull olivaceous ; abdomen with a marginal series 

 of about three rows of small dark ochraceous spots ; legs dark 

 castaneous, femora streaked with ochraceous ; head beneath 

 ochraceous at base. 



Length 6 ; max. breadth 5 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon {Atkinson Coll., Brit. Mas.). 



25. Coptosoma cicatricostim, Ball. List Hem. i, p. 66. 1.3 (1851). 



Black, shining, thickly and finely punctate ; head rugose, eyes 

 red ; pronotum with the lateral margins much dilated, distinctly 

 emargiuate in front of the lateral angles, a strong transverse 

 punctured impression across the anterior disk ; scutellum with a 

 well-defined very slightly elevated basal callosity, the whole 

 surface covered with smooth, reddish, elevated spots, with the 

 interstices thickly punctured. Body beneath black, shining, the 

 sternum opaque ; legs black ; rostrum dark castanetfus with the 

 apes black. 



Length 6 ; max. breadth 6 millim. 



Hah. "North India'' {Boys Coll., Brit. Mit$.). 



