90 CATALOGUE OF 



44. CoPTOSOMA CENTRALIS. 



Testacea ; caput marginihvs anticn et postico annuloque fusifoTmi mgris ; 

 antemioE yiigrce, basi testacKB ; thorax nigro conspersnn, linen, fa-scia 

 hrevi lata macidisque duabus poslivis nigrh, spalio anlico non consperso 

 lineam nigrum transrersam vnchilatam includenie ; sculellum nigra con- 

 spcrstim ; pectus nigrvm ; venter disco maculisque lateralibus nigris. 



Testaceous, ihinly and largely punctured, a little longer than broad. 

 Head nearly half the breadth of the thorax, black along the fore border 

 and along the hind border, and with a fusiform black ringlet. Eyes pale 

 led. Anleiinte black, testaceous towards the base. Thorax black-speckled, 

 with a l)road short black band on the hind hordtr, and with a black line; 

 space along the fore border nnspeckled, including a transverse undulating 

 black line ; a black spot on each hind angle. Sciitelhim with black speckles, 

 many of which are connected and form ramose marks. Pectus black. Ab- 

 domen beneath with a black disk and with black spots along each side. 

 Length of the body 2-4- lines. 



It may be distinguished from C. cribraria and from C. nnbila by the 

 unspeckled patch on the thorax. 



a. Sarawak, Borneo. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



45. CoPTOSOMA BIPLAGIATA. 



Nigra ; caput Jlavmv, marginc anlico, vilfa f areata, fascia posfica lata 

 f/ullam nigram includenie sliigisqtie duabus lateralibus ohliquis nigris ; 

 antennce nigr(r, basi fulvcc ; thorax viltis daabus nigra interlincatis 

 strigisqiie daabus favis ; scutellum jilaijis duabus poslieis nigra con- 

 spersis lateribus apiceque Jiavis, plagis duabus anlicis luridis; pedes 

 flavi. 



Black, minutely punctured, a little longer than broad. Head yellow, 

 about one-third of the breadth of the thorax, with a black line on the fore 

 border, with an oblique black streak on each side, with a black stripe which 

 is forked in front, and with a black hinder hand which contains a yellow 

 dot. AntenufE black, tawny towards the base. 'J'horax with a transverse 

 suture in the middle, with a yellow black-interlined stripe along each side, 

 and with a yellow streak at the base of each fore wing. Sculellum yellow- 

 bordered on each side and at the tip, with the usual transverse furrow, with 

 a lurid patch on each side in front, and with a yellow black -speckled patch 

 on each side of the tip. Legs jellow. Wings cinereous. Fore wings 

 with a yellow corium and a blackish costal stripe. Length of the body 

 If line. 



It is widely different from C aspersa, to which species it seems to be 

 most allied. 



a. Borneo. From Mr. Wa''lace's collection. 



46. CoPTOSOMA HUMERALIS. 



Nigra ; caput fla.vum, tnargine antiro villa marginequc poslico nigris ; 

 aiileniuc Julva, urliculis 4o el 5o nigris ; thorax viltis duabus late- 

 ralibus flavis antice dilalalis ; sculellum maculis duahus anticis trans- 

 rersis, lateribus upictque Jlavis ; renter maculis lateralibus luteis ; 

 pedes lulei. 



Black, thinly and very minutely punctured, a little longer than broad. 

 Head yellow, black along the fore border and along the hind border, wiih 



