98 CATALOGUE OF® 
66. CoprosoMA SIMPLEX. 
Nigra ; capitis latera late pallide flava; antenne fulve; thorax vittis 
duabus marginalibus interruptis strigisque duabus lateralibus pallide 
flavis ; scutellum flavo pallido marginatum ; venter vittis duabus 
marginalibus pallide flavis. 
Black, finely punctured. Head about one-third of the breadth of the 
thorax, witha broad pale yellow border on each side. Antenne and legs 
tawny. Thorax with two pale yellow interrupted marginal stripes, and 
with a short pale yellow streak on each side near the fore border. Scutel- 
lum bordered with pale yellow, except in front. Abdomen beneath rather 
largely punctured, with a pale yellow stripe on each side. Fore wings 
with a pale yellow corium. Length of the body 13 line. 
The entirely black head and the continuous marginal lines on the 
thorax of C. hemispherica distinguish it from this species. 
Queensland. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 
Country unknown. 
67. CopTOSOMA BASISTIGMA. 
Flava ; caput spatulis duabus anticis nigro marginatis armatum, lituris 
duabus posticis nigris, vitta fulva fusiformi; thorax nigricante 
conspersus, margine, linea transversa hamata undulata vitlaque nigris ; 
seutellum fascia lata arcuata e atomis nigricantibus. 
Yellow, thinly punctured, somewhat longer than broad. Head about 
one-third of the breadth of the thorax, with a black mark on each side of 
the hind border and with a fusiform tawny stripe, and with a spatulate 
black-bordered appendage on each side in front. Eyes very prominent. 
Thorax black-bordered, with a black stripe and with an undulating hooked 
transverse black line between the fore border and a transverse black suture, 
between which and the hind border it is irregularly blackish-speckled, with 
the exception of a middle line; sides slightly dilated in front. Scutel- 
Jum with numerous blackish speckles, most of which form a broad curved 
band; tip slightly excavated. Hind wings and membrane of the fore 
wings limpid, with a yellow tinge along the costa of the latter. Length of 
the body 14 line. 
The appendages of the head distinguish it from all the other species 
of Coptosoma, but are hardly a sufficient character for the formation of a 
new genus. 
? Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
a. 
Genus 8. PROBE NOPS, C. H. 68. 
1. PkoBxzNops DROMEDARIUS, C. H. 68. 
Old Calabar. 
a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 
Genus 4. BRACHYPLATYS, C. H. 68. 
Africa. 
1. Bracnypiatys Ppatuipes, C. H. 68. 
Gabon. Old Calabar. Guinea. Senegal. 
