COPTOSOMA. 27 



C. Head ivith lateral lobes in front of eyes ochraceous. 

 A. Apical half of scutellum more or less ocJiraceous. 



48. Coptosoma assamense, Atk. Proc A. S. B. 1886^ p. 174 : 



J. A. S. B. Ivi, p. 35, n. 25 (1887). 



Body above black ; head with the lateral lobes from about 

 in front of eyes ochraceous, with their extreme margins black ; 

 anterior dilated margin of pronotum — intersected by a narrow- 

 black line — two small spots on anterior margin, two large 

 transverse linear spots on anterior disk and a small spot near each 

 lateral angle, a large transverse spot at each end of the basal 

 callosity of the scutellum, followed by a very small basal spot 

 on each side, the lateral margins and nearly posterior half of disk, 

 ochraceous ; the posterior ochraceous area is thickly and darkly 

 punctate except on margins and contains a large rounded 

 marginal black spot on each side. Body beneath black ; legs, 

 rostrum, antennae, lateral margins of sternum and abdomen, and a 

 series of somewhat linear spots, one on the apex of each abdominal 

 segment, ochraceous. 



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



Hah. Assam. 



49. Coptosoma biosculatlim, Montand. Ami. Soc. Etif. Belq. xxxviii, 



p. 1^71 (18i»4). 



Black, about apical two-thirds of the scutellum ochraceous, 

 thickly punctate, and with a large rounded black spot near apex of 

 each lateral margin ; lateral lobes of head in front of eyes, lateral 

 mai-gins of pronotum (divided by a black line of punctures), 

 lateral angles, and two linear curved fasciae on disk of pronotum, 

 ochraceous : a large transverse luteous spot near each apex of the 

 basal callosity to scutellum. Body beneath black, the sternum 

 opaque ; autenuse, rostrum, legs, lateral margins of sternum and 

 abdomen, and a spot at the apex of each abdominal segment, 

 ochraceous. 



Length 3j ; max. breadth 3j millim. 



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

 Burma ; Ruby Mines (Doherty). — Also received from Tonkin. 



50. Coptosoma caudatum, Montand. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxxiv, 



p. 1l^9 (1894;. 



Black, shining, about posterior half of scutellum ochraceous, 

 thickly aud brownly punctate, with a small black spot near apex of 

 each lateral margin ; lateral lobes of head in front of eyes, lateral 

 margins of pronotum — toothed internally, and intersected with a)i 

 oblique line of dark punctures, — anterior margin, widely separated 

 at centre, two curved transverse spots on anterior disk, and the 

 lateral angles, a large transverse spot at each apex of basal 



