32 pentatomidjE. 



apices.) Body beneath black, the sternum opaque ; head beneath, 

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

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

 ochraceous. 



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



Hah. Central India; Barwai. Palui Hills {Montand. Coll., Brit, 

 Mus.). 



c. Sniiellum iviih basal callosity ochraceous, or ochraceous 

 and darJcly punctate. 



60. Coptosoma breve, WaUc Cat. Jfet. i, p. 89 (1867). 



Black, shining ; lateral lobes in front of eyes ochraceous, 

 their extreme margins black ; pronotum with the lateral margins, 

 intersected with a line of dark punctures at the anterior dilata- 

 tions, anterior margin and a subanterior fascia, both finely broken 

 centrally, and the lateral angles, ochraceous ; scutellum with the 

 whole of the basal callosity, a transverse spot at basal angles, and 

 the lateral and apical margins ochraceous. Body beneath black, 

 the sternum opaque ; head beneath, antennae, rostrum, legs, latera. 

 margins of sternum and abdomen, and an irregularly shaped spot 

 at apex of each abdominal segment, ochraceous. 



Length 3i ; max. breadth 3^ millim. 



Eab. Burma (Brit. Mus.). 



61. Coptosoma laticeps, Ball. List Hem. i, p. 68 (1851). 



Above black, shining ; head with the lateral lobes in front of 

 eyes ochraceous, their extreme margins black ; pronotum with the 

 lateral margins very broadly and the anterior margin narrowly — 

 widely broken at centre — ochraceous, the lateral margins much 

 punctured with brown ; scutellum with a very narrow and slightly 

 elevated basal callosity ochraceous with a few scattered punctures, 

 the margins dull ochraceous punctured and mottled with brown. 

 Body beneath black, the sternum opaque; head beneath, rostrum, 

 antenna, legs, lateral margins of sternum and abdomen, and a 

 spot at apex of each abdominal segment, ochraceous ; bases of the 

 femora castaneous. 



Length 4 ; max. breadth 3| millim. 



Hab. Ceylon (Brit, Mus.). 



b. Pronotum witJi. entire anterior margin pale. 



62. Coptosoma distigmum, Montand. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, p. 441 

 (1896). 

 Above black, shining; lateral lobes of head in front of eyes 

 ochraceous, their extreme outer margins black; pronotum with 

 the lateral anterior dilated margins, an inner oblique line, the 

 anterior margin, the lateral angles and some scattered markings 

 between them ochraceous, the last distinctly coarsely punctate ; 

 scntellum with a spot at each end of the basal callosity and the 



