26 PENTATOMID.E. 



IV. Head with the central lobe free, about as long as 

 lateral lobes or nearly as long. 



A. Head entirely black. 



45. Coptosoma libidinosum, Montund. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely. xxxviii, 



p. 277 (1894). 



Black, shining ; lateral margins of pronotum and anterior lateral 

 margins w ith an inner oblique fascia, two rounded spots at base of 

 scutellum — one near each end of basal callosity — and the extreme 

 lateral and apical margins of scutellum, ochraceous. Body beneath 

 black ; antennae and legs ochraceous ; lateral margins of abdomen 

 and a posteriorly angulated spot at base of each abdominal segment 

 ochraceous. 



Length 3 to 3| ; max. breadth "2^^ to 3 millim. 



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



B. 



Head ivith a small reddish sj)ot in front of eyes. 



46. Coptosoma sphsernla, Girin. (Thyreocoris) Zeitschr. i, p. 25. 2 

 (1839). 

 Var. illuminatum, Montand. Aim. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, p. 450 (189G). 



Black, shining ; a very small castaneous spot in front of eyes, 

 Avhich are almost the same colour ; two small spots on pronotum 

 behind eyes, the prouotal lateral margins and an inner oblique line, 

 and lateral and apical margins of scutellum ochraceous. Body 

 beneath black ; antennae, rostrum, and legs brovvnish-ochraceous ; 

 lateral margins of sternum and abdomen, and a double row of longi- 

 tudinal linear spots at apices of abdominal segments ochraceous. 



Length 3 ; max. breadth 3 millim. 



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

 common Javan insect. 



47. Coptosoma parvulum, Ball. List Hem. l, p. 65 (1851). 



Black, shining, very thickly and finely punctured ; head with a 

 small reddish spot on each side before the eyes ; eyes reddish- 

 brown ; pronotum with a faint transverse furrow across the centre, 

 the anterior lateral dilated margins ochraceous ; scutellum with a 

 distinct basal callosity ; lateral basal margin of corium ochraceous. 

 Body beneath black ; abdomen with the lateral margin and a 

 submarginal spot on sides of each segment ochraceous ; legs and 

 antennae brownish-ochraceous, bases of the femora brownish. 



Length 2| to 2h ; max. breadth 2\ to 2^ millim. 



Hah. "East IrC&ies"— {Wool ey's Coll., Brit. Mm.). 



