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15. COPTOSOMA PICTUf.A. 



picluliini, Stal, Ilcm. Afr. i. 14. 

 Nalal. 



16. CoPTOSOMA OCULATOR. 



oculator, Reiche el Fairm. Voy. Abyss. E)il. 437. Slal, Hem. Afr. i. 10. 

 Abyssinia. 



17. CoPTOSOMA INCLUSA. 



inclusuin, Slal, Hem. Afr. i. 17. 



CaflFraria. 



18. CoPTOSOMA nri.ARis. 



Nigra, valde convexa ; caput annulo fnsifurmi flavo ; antenna I idea ; 

 thorax punclis nonnullis, lineis iluabiis laleralibus lineisqne diiabus 

 transversis interrv])lis connexis fluvis, tinea transversa \a undulala ; 

 sculellum gullis plurimis, fascia anliva Uneisque duabus laleralibus 

 flavis ; venter flavus, rnaculis laleralibus nigris ,- pedes flavi. 



Black, very convex, hardly lon<jer tlian broad. Head nearly one-lliird 

 of the breadth of the thorax, with a lonjjitudinally eloiigaled yellow ringlet. 

 Antennae and lef;;s liitcous. Thorax finely punctured, with some yellow 

 speckles, with a yellow line along each side, and with iwo transverse yellow 

 lines which are interrupted and connected in the middle and connected on 

 each side, where they i'urm a common petiole; first line undnlaling, partly 

 on the fore border. Scutelhim largely punctured, wiih a yellow line on 

 each side, with a yellow band on the fore border, and with many yellow 

 dots. Abdomen beneath yellow, with black spots along each side. Leugih 

 of the body 2 lines. 

 a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcrofi's collection. 



19. CoPTOSOMA EEI'LETA. 



Fulva ; caput liluris duabus poslicis nigris ; t/iorax nigra punctatus, spatio 



anlico non consperso lineam nigrum transversam brevem undulalam 



includenle ; sculellum nigra punclatum ; pectus venlrisque discus 



nigra. 



Tawny, largely punctured. Head about one-third of the breadth of 



the thorax, with a black mark on each side of the hind border. Thorax 



with numerous black points, cxce|)t on the fore part, where there is a short 



transverse undulating black line on each side. Sculellum with numerous 



black points. Pectus black. Abdomen beneath with a black disk. Length 



of the body 2 lines. 



It differs from C. cribraria in not having an uuspeckled longitudinal 

 line on the thorax and an unspeckled mark at the base of the scutcllum. 

 C. iclerica may be distinguished from it by the distinct transverse furrow 

 near the base of the scutellum. 

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



20. CoPTOSOMA PAKTirA. 



^neo-nigra ; caput luteum, margine anlico, slriga fusiformi maculisqiie 

 duabus poslicis ccneo-nigris ; antennce lutece ; thorax atomis luleis, 

 spatio anlico nan consperso annulos duos Iransversos elongatas lineas- 

 que duas marginales anco-nigras includenle ; scutellum luteo-consper- 

 sum, antice luteo fucialum ; vtnler strigis transversis laleralibus 

 luteis. 



