84 CATALOGUE OF 



7, COPTOSOMA NIGIUCEPg. 



nigriceps, Siffn. Arch. Ent. ii. 272. Slal, Hem. Aft. i. 15. 



Old Calaban 



Var ? Nigra ; anlenncE ferrvginecE ; thorax slrigis dvahus marginalihns 

 punclis duobus maculisque dvabxis luleis ; sculellum slrigis duabus 

 anlicis tran.wersis talis lanceolalis lineaque marginali luleis ; pedes 

 ferritginei,femoribus posicrioribus nigris. 



Black, rather tl)itl<lj' puiictiired. Head rather more than one-third of 

 the breadth of the thorax. Eyes red. Antennae and legs ferruginous. 

 Tiiorax with a transverse suture, in front of which there is on each side a 

 luteous marginal streak, a luteous point, and a luteous triangular spot. 

 Sciitelliim with abroad lanceolate transverse luteous streak on each side of 

 the fore border, and with a luteous mai>^inal line which does not extend to 

 the fore border. Posterior femora black. Length of the body If line. 



The two points instead of streaks on the thorax of C nigriceps, and 

 the two lateral points of the sculellum of C. uj/inis, distinguish the two 

 species from each other. 



a. Old Calabar. From Mr. Gray's collection. 



8. CoPTOSOMA BISIGNATA. 



hisignatum, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak, Forh. 1853, 212 ; Hem. Afr. i. lf>. 

 Caffraria. 



9. CoPTOSOMA COSTALIS. 



costale, Slal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1853, 212 ; Hem. Afr. i. 17. 

 Caffraria. 



10. CoPTOSOMA TKANSVEKSA. 



transversa, Wesiw., Hope, Cal. Hem. 17. Stal, Hem. Afr. i. 12 — Thyreo- 

 coris transversus. Germ. Zeits. i. 27 — Coptosoma bimaculicollis, Slat, 

 Ofv. K. Vet. Forh. 1858, 433. 



Gambia. Senegal. Old Calabar. Sierra Leone, 



11. Coptosoma nigroponctata. 



nigropunctatum, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1855, 181 ; 1850, 54 ; Hem. 

 Afr. i. 13. 



Sierra Leone. 



12. Coptosoma Afzelif. 

 Afzelii, Stal, Hem. Afr. i. 13. 

 Sierra Leone. 



13. Coptosoma Muerayf. 



Murray!, Sign. Arch. Ent. ii. 271, pi. 1 1, f.2— hirtelUim, Stal, Ofv. K. 

 Vet. Ak. Forh. 1858, 433; Hem. Afr. i. 9. 



Old Calabar. 



14. Coptosoma conspeissa. 



conspersum, Stal, Hem. Afr. i. 12. 



Old Calabar. 



