lIEJriPTEKA UETF.ROPTEriA. 5^5 



Black, sliininn;', thinly punctmeil, rather longer than I'roud. Head 

 luleous; a black space on the hiiui border including a luteoiis point; 

 middle lobe bordered witli brown. Eyes testaceous. Rostrum, antennae 

 and legs pale yellow. Thorax with two large luteous patches which 

 occupy the sides in front. Scutellum with a smooth basal band divided 

 from the punctured part by a slight transverse furrow; two luteous oblique 

 subapical somewhat conical patches connected with each other; tiji hardly 

 emarginate. Ab<lomen beneath with pale luleous patches along each side. 

 Length of the body 1:| line. 



Nearest iir character to C hiplagiala, from which it differs much in 

 the form of the apical mark on the scutellum. 



a. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saimders, Esq. 



COPTOSOMA MICROSriGMA. 



Nigra; caput utrinque Jiavo marginatum ; antenncB Jlavce ; ihoraic lincis 

 duahus duplicntis punclisque duobus poslerioribus Jlavis laleralibus ; 

 scutellum lateribus margineque postico Jlavis; ventris lalera Jlavo 

 guttata ; pedes Jlavi. 



Black, shining, very finely punctured, very little longer than hroad. 

 Head bordered with yellow on each side. Eyes piceous. Rostrum, 

 anteunaj and legs yellow. Thorax on each side with a yellow line which 

 is dilated in front and then includes a black streak; a yellow point near 

 each hind angle. Scutellum bordered on each side and on the hind border 

 by a slender yellow line which widens slightly towards the tip, the latter 

 not emarginate. Abdomen beneath with yellow dots along each side. 

 Length of the body 1 line. 



Closely allied to C. nepalensis ; much smaller than that species, and 

 distinguished from it by the yellow line along each side of the thorax being 

 interrupted in front. 



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



CoPTOSOMA GUTTICINCTA. 



Nigra; caput macula discoidali spatioque antico luteis ; antenna pallide 

 Jlavce ; thorax strigis duabus laminisque duabus lateralibus luteis ; 

 scutellum guttis quatuor basalibus maculisquc duabus subobliquis 

 apiealihus luteis elongatis ; pedes pallide Jlavi, femoribtis posiicis hasi 

 piceis. 



Black, shining, finely punctured, somewhat longer than broad. Head 

 luteous in front and with a luleous spot in the disk. Eyes pale red. 

 Rostrum tawny. Antennoe and legs pale yellow. Thorax with a bright 

 luleous streak along each side in front, adjoining the dilated luteous edge 

 of the thorax. Scutellum with a smooth basal band including four trans- 

 versely elongated luteous dots and divided by a transverse furrow from the 

 punctured part; a slightly oblique transversely elongated luteous spot on 

 each side of the lip, which is not emarginate. Hind femora piceous towards 

 the base. Length of the body I h^ line. 



