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narrower lateral and apical margins ochraceous. Body beneath 

 black, the sternum opaque ; legs, rostrum, and antennae brownish- 

 ochraceous ; lateral margins of the sternum and abdomen, and a 

 spot, generally inwardly notched, at each apex o£ the abdominal 

 segments, ochraceous. 



Length 3 ; max. breadth 3 milHm. 



Hah. " India " {Montand. Coll. Brit. Mus.). 



63. Coptosoma integrum. Walk. Cat. Het. \, p. 88 (1867). 



Allied to C. indicum, Dist., but larger, with the anterior margin 

 of the pronotum ochraceous, other markings similar. Prouotum 

 broader, basal callosity to the scutellum much more clearly 

 defined. 



Length 3 ; max. breadth 2| millitn. 



Hab. "India" (Brit. Mus.). 



c. Pronotum u'ith the anterior margin concolorous. 



64. Coptosoma indicum, sp. u., Leth. in Utt. 



Black, shining ; lateral lobes of head from about front of eyes, 

 lateral margins of the pronotum, basal margin of corium, lateral 

 and apical margins of scutellum ochraceous. Body beneath black, 

 sternum opaque ; antennae, rostrum, legs, lateral margins of 

 sternum and abdomen, and a linear spou at end of each abdominal 

 segment ochraceous. 



Length 2 ; max. breadth 2 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon : Point de Galle {D'Alhertis). — Also received from 

 Siam. 



The smallest species at present known to occur in this fauna. 



65. Coptosoma nazirse, Afk. J. A. 8. B. Ivii, p. 343 (1889). 



Black, shining; lateral lobes of the head ochraceous, their 

 margins somewhat broadly black ; eyes castaneous ; lateral margins 

 of pronotum, intersected by a black line at anterior dilatations, 

 lateral and posterior margins of scutellum, and a small transverse 

 spot at each end of the basal callosity ochraceous. Body beneath 

 black, the sternum opaque ; antennae, rostrum, legs, margins of 

 the sternum and abdomen, and a spot at end of each abdominal 

 segment ochraceous ; apical joint of antennae and bases of posterior 

 femora infuscated. 



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



Hah. Assam. Sikhim : Mungphu (Atkinson Coll.). 



d. Pronotum with sometimes two small spots near anterior margin. 



66. Coptosoma feanum, Montand. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxxiv, p. 142 



(1894). 



Above black, shining ; lateral lobes to head in front of eves 

 ochraceous, or either as in the type specimen wholly, or only 



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