236 Mr. W. L. Distant on some 
head beneath, prosternum, legs, antennee, rostrum, abdominal 
margin, and two ray-like fascia at apex of each abdominal 
segment ochraceous; antenne with the fourth and fifth 
joints piceous. 
Long. 2,5 millim.; max. lat. 45 millim. 
Hab. Burma: Ruby Mines (Doherty). 
Allied to 7. contestatus, Montand., but at once distinguished 
by the punctate and not black posterior area of the pronotum, 
by the sparsely punctate apical margin of the scutellum, longer 
ray-like marginal fascie to the abdomen, &c. 
Tiarocoris signatus, sp. n. 
?. Ochraceous, reticulately marked with piceous. Head 
ochraceous; anterior margin, margins of central lobe, 
and central basal margin narrowly piceous; eyes pale 
eastaneous. Pronotum with the anterior area ochraceous, 
levigate, with an oblique fascia of black punctures on each 
anterior lateral area, and with a similar fascia obliquely 
extending from each lateral angle and united with a transverse 
fascia—centrally broken—across anterior disk; remaining 
area somewhat thickly reticulately marked with piceous. 
Scutellum thickly reticulately marked with piceous, with a 
distinct black arcuated spot behind the basal transverse 
elevation. Body beneath piceous; head beneath, prosternum, 
legs, rostrum, abdominal margins, and inner ray-like fasciz 
ochraceous ; antenne piceous, first and second joints 
ochraceous. 
Long. 6 millim.; max. lat. 4 millim. 
Hab. Ceylon (G. Lewis). 
Genus Coprosoma, Lap. 
Coptosoma prisca, sp. Nn. 
Shining black above ; head with the anterior halves of the 
lateral lobes more or less ochraceous; pronotum with the 
anterior lateral margins and a marginal line near lateral 
angles, an irregular transverse series of markings across 
anterior disk, a similar oblique series on anterior lateral 
dilatations, and two spots on anterior margin ochraceous ; 
scutellum with the base and lateral areas mottled with 
ochraceous. Body beneath black, the sternum opaque, the 
abdomen shining ; legs, lateral margins, and a small angulated 
spot at the apex of each abdominal segment ochraceous ; 
antenne piceous. 
Head broad; scutellum with basal callosity. 
