240 Mr. W. L. Distant on some 
Coptosoma aspersa. 
Coptosoma aspersa, Walk. Cat. Het. i. p. 97 (1867). 
Coptosoma respersum, Bergr. Wien. ent. Zeit. xi. p. 178 (1892). 
Cotypes of Dr. Bergroth’s species were in the collection of 
Dr. Montandon. 
Coptosoma nepalensis. 
Coptosoma nepalensis, Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 17 (1887). 
Coptosoma obrosum, Montand. Ann, Mus. Genoy. xxxiv. p. 138 (1894). 
Coptosoma stam 1c. 
Coptosoma siamica, Walk. Cat. Het. i. p. 89. n. 89 (1867). 
Coptosoma concinnula, Walk. loc. cit. p. 94. n. 54. 
Coptosoma bellula, Walk. loc. cit. n. 56. 
Coptosoma inclusa, Walk. loc. cit. p. 95. n. 57. 
Coptosoma Saundersti, Leth. & Sev. Cat. Gén. Hém. t. i. p. 9 (1898). 
Coptosoma spherula (part.), Leth. & Sev. loc. cit. p. 9; Dist. A. M.N. H. 
(7) iv. p. 216 (1899). 
Coptosoma minima, Atkins. J, A. 8. Beng. lvii. p. 3842 (1889); Kulg. 
Arch. f. Naturg. 1901, p. 224. 
Coptosoma pygmeum, Montand. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. x1. p. 120 (1896) ; 
Kulg. Arch. f. Naturg. 1901, p. 221. 
Var. orbicula, Walk. 
Coptosoma orbicula, Walk. Cat. Het. i. p. 91. n. 47 (1867). 
Coptosoma blandula, Walk. loc. cit. p. 96. n. 61. 
Coptosoma pygmeum, var. accensitum, Montand. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 
xl. p. 447 (1896). 
Having followed previous authorities from Dallas to Lethierry 
and Severin in the identification of C. spherula, Germ., I 
now find authentic specimens of that species in Montandon’s 
collection. I had (supra) placed the rather long synonymy 
under Germar’s species; that being removed, the earliest 
described form by Walker naturally now takes its place by 
priority. Kulgatz (supra) has also recently pointed out the 
distinctness of Germar’s species. 
Subfam. GraPHosoMINe. 
HKOBANUS, gen. nov. 
Allied to Bolbocoris, A. & S. Body convex, short, 
moderately gibbous above. Head with the lateral lobes a 
little longer and meeting in front of the central lobe, their 
margins reflexed. Antenne five-jointed, second joint short 
and slender; fourth and fifth and apex of third joints 
inerassated. Pronotum with the lateral margins convex, very 
strongly transversely impressed on disk. Scutellum almost 
