COPTOSOMA. 



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transverse angulated striae, and a sublateral series of punctures in 

 each anterior lateral dilatation ; scutellum with the basal callosity 

 well-defined by a marginal impression, and connected on each side 

 with the lateral margin by a continuous linear series of punctures. 

 Body beneath black, the sternum opaque, the abdomen shining ; 

 head beneath, lateral margins of sternum, antennae, rostrum, coxae, 



Fig. 11. — Coptosoma cribrarmm. 



legs, lateral abdominal margins, and a long ray-like fascia on eacli 

 additional segment — each of these fascia) containing a centnil 

 black line — ochraceous. 



Length 4;j to 5 ; max. breadth 4 to M millim. 



Hah. Calcutta ; Bombay ; Barwai ; Burhanpur ; Bangalore : 

 Nilgiri Hills; Naga Hills. Burma ; Metanja, Swegu, Waa,mo{Fea). 

 Tenasserim. — Also received from China and Formosa. 



37. Coptosoma sparsum, Montand. Ann. Soc. Ent. Behj. xxxviii, 

 p. 257 (1894). 



Pale ochraceous, somewhat uniformly punctured with brown. 



Closely allied to C. crihrarium (Fabr.), but differing by the 

 absence of the dark transverse markings to the anterior disk of 

 the pronotum, and also by the absence of the distinct impressed 

 margin to the basal callosity of the scutellum. 



Length 3| ; max. breadth 3| millim. 



Hah. Central India ; Barwai {Montand. Coll., Brit. Mus.). 



38. Coptosoma nilgirense, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) viii, p. 238 (1901). 



Dull opaque ochraceous, very sparingly and irregularly punc- 

 tate ; head impunctate ; pronotum with the anterior, lateral, and 

 basal areas impunctate, the punctures being sparingly distributed 

 on the disk ; scutellum very sparingly punctate, a longitudinal 

 space on each side of base impunctate. 



Other characters as in 0. crihrarium (Fabr.). 



Length 5 ; max. breadth 4 millim. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills (Hampson). 



