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66. C'OPTOSOMA SIMPLEX, 



Nigra; capitis latera late pallid e Jlava ; anlennce fulvce ; thorax mtlis 

 dnahus margin alibus interrvptis slrigisque duabun lateralibus pallide 

 flavis ; scutellum flavo pallida marginatum ; venter vilCis duabus 

 marginalibus pallide Jlavis. 



Black, finely punctured. Head about one-third of the breadth of the 

 thorax, with a broad pale yellow border on each side. AntenniB and lefjs 

 tawny. Thorax with two pale yellow interrupted marijinal 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 1^ line. 



The entirely black head and the continuous marji^inal lines on the 

 thorax of C. hemisphcerica distinguish it from this species. 



Queensland. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 

 Country unknown. 



67. COPTOSOMA BASISTIGMA. 



Flora ; caput spatvlis duabus anticis nigro marginatis armalum^ liluris 

 duabus pnsticis nigris, vilta ftilva ficsifo7-mi ; thorax nigricante 

 conspersus, margine, linea transversa hatnala undulata viliaque nigris ; 

 scutellum fascia lata arcuata e alomis nigrivantibus. 



Yellow, thinly punctured, somewhat longer than broad. Head about 

 one-third of the breadth of the ihomx, 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 aixi a transverse black suture, 

 between which and the hind border it is irregularly blackish-speckled, with 

 the exception of a middle line ; sides slightly diluted in front. Scutel- 

 lum with numerous blackish speckles, most of which form a broad curved 

 band; lip slightly excavated. Hind wings ami membrane of the fore 

 wings limpid, with a yellow tinge along the costa of the latter. Length of 

 the body If 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. 



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



Genus 3. PROB;ENOPS, C. H. 68. 

 1. Pkob^nops dromedarius, C. H. 68. 

 Old Calabar. 

 a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev, D. F. Morgan. 



Gemis4. BRACHYPLATYS, C.H.68, 



Africa. 



1. Brachyplatys pallipes, C. H.6S. 

 Gabon. Old Calabar. Guinea. Senegal. 



