1888.] E. T. Atkinson — New or little known Indian Rhynchota. 343 



COPTOSOMA NAZIRj;, n. sp. 



Above and beneath, brassy-black, shining : juga, lateral margins of 

 the pronotum (inclosing anteriorly a black longitudinal streak), lateral 

 and posterior margins of scutellum, also a spot on each side towards the 

 base, ventral limbus, and the legs, yellowish : eyes castaneous. Long, 3 

 mill. 



Hab. Nazira (Assam) ; Mungphu (Sikkimj ; Mr. R. Pantling. 



Chrysocoeis simplex, n. sp. 



Light metallic-green, shining, turning into purplish after death ; 

 traces of the light colour remaining on the tylus, posterior part of pro- 

 notum and posterior part of the scutellum, but varying much : a small 

 transverse, oval, elevated Space on each side of the pronotum towards 

 the anterior margin ; anterior and antero-lateral margins slightly sin- 

 uate, extreme edge very slightly reflexed ; posterior lateral angles very 

 slightly obtusely prominulous ; posterior margin almost straightly trun- 

 cate : scutellum with three small round black spots on each side, some- 

 times obsolete : rostrum and antennae brownish black : coxEe yellowish ; 

 femora and tibiae metallic-green varied with purplish ; tarsi brownish- 

 black, ochraceous pilose : pectus golden-green with red reflections, turn- 

 ing to purplish : venter yellow, a larger subconical basal patch and 

 another similar at the apex, black ; two rows of lateral black spots, one 

 submarginal, formed of round spots, the other inwards, formed of 

 triangular spots, between the rows a band, and the extreme margin and 

 apex, metallic«green turning into purplish : sometimes the basal and 

 apical black patches on the venter are so approached that the discal 

 yellow is reduced to a small transverse band. Long, 11-13 mill. 



Hab. Kotagiri (Nilgiris) : April : Mr. Henderson. 



Chrysocoris nilgieiensis, n. sp. 



When alive, above and pectus bright greenish-golden with red 

 reflections which turns into deej^ purplish after death : antennae and 

 rostrum black ; eyes deep brown : head golden with a median longitu- 

 dinal line chalybeous -green : pronotum with eleven black spots, three 

 small, transverse, sub-quadrate, close to the anterior margin ; three 

 rounded, arranged triangularly towards each lateral angle, and two 

 elongate, linear, in the middle of the posterior portion of the disc : scutel- 

 lum with eight spots, of which one median longitudinal near the base, 

 three ovate transverse on each side, and one rounded subapical : pectus 

 entirely golden and metallic green with scattered red reflections : disc of 

 venter pale yellow, shining ; extreme margin purplish-red, bordered in- 



