5:24 CATALOGUE OF 



COPIOSOMA POLYSPILA. 



Nigra; caput punclo discoidali tenui maculisque duabus anticis elongatis 

 fiavis ; anlemKe jiavce ; thorax fascia anlica Jlava vittam lineamque 

 transversam undulatam nigras includcnte, viltis duabus lateralibus 

 fiavis nigra unimaculatis ; scutellum striga apicali lanccolala plagis- 

 que duabus lateralibus nigra conspersis fasciaque basali glabra abbre- 

 viata interrupta Jlavis ; ventris lateru pedesque flava. 



Black, sliiiiing, a little longer ibaii broad, very finely puncliired. 

 Head with an elongated yellow point iu the disk and with an angular 

 yellow spot on each side of the fore border.. Eyes testaceous. Rostrum, 

 antennae and legs yellow. Thorax with a yellow band on the fore border 

 including a black stripe and au undulating abbreviated slender black band ; 

 an irregular yellow stripe on each side including a black spot which is 

 contiguous to the base of the fore wing, Scutellum with a yellow 

 impunctate interrupted abbreviated basal band ; a yellow black-speckled 

 streak tapering from the tip to the middle; an irregular yellow black- 

 speckled space on each side. Abdomen beneath with a broad yellow stripe 

 along each side. Length of the body If line. 



Between C. plagiata and C. ramasa in character; it differs from both 

 in the colour of the markings and in their different arrangement on the 

 scutellum. 



a. Kaisaa. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



COPTOSOMA CYATHIGERA. 



Nigra; caput an lice fiavum ; antenna Jlavce,apice picece ; thorax flavus, 

 disco nigra, lateribus pasticis incisis ; scutellum fiavum, fascia sub- 

 cyathiformi antice dentata postice incisa ct atomaria maculisque 

 duabus posterioribus elongatis nigris ; ventris latera pedesque fiava. 



Black, shining, finely punctured, a little longer than broad. Head 

 yellow in front. Eyes pale testaceous. Antennae and rostrum yellow, 

 piceous towards their tips. Thorax yellow, with a black disk which extends 

 to the hind border and is narrowly connected with the fore border; sides 

 notched near the hind angles, Scutellum yellow, with a somewhat cup- 

 shaped black band, which is dentate in the middle of its fore border and 

 extends on each side to the base and has its base in the disk jagged and 

 accompanied by speckles; an elongated black spot near each side beyond 

 the middle; tip slightly notched. Abdomen along each side beneath and 

 legs yellow. Length of the body 2 lines. 



a. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



CoPTOSOMA QUADIUPLAGIATA. 



Nigra ; caput luleum, spatio postica nigra punclum lutcum includenle ; 

 antenna; pallide fiax'a ; thorax antice lutco biplagiatus ; scuttUum 

 plugis duabus subnpicalibus hitcis obliqiiis cuniwxis; ventris latera 

 luteo pallida plagiata ; pedes pallidc fhivi. 



