1887.] E. T. Aildnson—Notes on Indian Rliynchota. 33 



cescent at the base ; abdomen ssneous ; margin and sublateral spots, 

 whitish (Westw.). Body long, 4 mill. 



Reported from Nepal. The Indian Museum has specimens from 

 Sikkim. 



18. COPTOSOMA CINCTA, Esch. 



Scutellera cincta, Esch. Dorpat Abh. i, p. 161 (1822) ; Entomographia, p. 105 

 (1822). 



Thyreocoris seminulum^ Burm. Nov. Ac. Ac. Leop. xvi, Sup. i, p. 290 (1834), 



Thyreocoris variegafus, Herr. Schaff. Wanz. Ins. iv, p. 83, t. 134, f. 414 (1839). 



Thyreocoris cinctus, Germar, Zeitschr. i, (i), p. 27 (1839). 



Coptosoma cinctum, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 64 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 

 89 (1867) ; Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 613 (1870). 



Coptosoma cincta, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 13 (1876). 



Head somewhat longer than broad, forming anteriorly a stout 

 angle, yellow ; a median line, dark brown : eyes large, yellow : antennae 

 as long as the thorax, yellow, second joint shortest : thorax twice as broad 

 as long, strongly excised anteriorly and much narrower than behind, 

 sides weakly excised, surface convex, thickly punctured, black-brown : 

 entire side-border yellow (with a brown longitudinal line on the anterior 

 half), sides of fore-borders, a transverse line interrupted in the middle 

 on the anterior half, and another irregular line in the middle towards the 

 posterior margin : scutellum broad as long, posteriorly entirely obtuse, 

 anteriorly convex, sloped posteriorly, grossly punctured, black- brown ; 

 the broad fore-border and the narrow outer margin smooth, yellow ; with 

 yellow dots in the middle ; hemelytra yellow at the base : beneath and 

 pectus pale grey : abdomen black, shining, punctured, the margin of 

 each segment with a stout three-cornered yellow spot : feet yellow 

 (Esch.). Long, 2i— 3 ; broad, 2— 2^ mill. 



Reported from Philippines. Specimens most probably representing 

 this species come from Assam and Ceylon. Differs from G. nepalensis^ 

 Westw. in its smaller size and proportionately larger and more numerous 

 yellow marks above. 



19. Coptosoma sphjirula, Germar. 



Thyreocoris sphcerula, Germar, Zeitschr. ; (i) p. 25 (1839) ; Herr, Schaff. Wanz 

 V, p. 15 and 30, t. 150, f. 476 (1839). 



Coptosoma sphcerulum^ Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 64 (1851). 



Coptosoma sphcerula, Vollenhoven, Fanne, Bnt. I'Arch. Indo-Neer. p. 47 (1863) ; 

 Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 86 (1867) ; Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 14 (1873). 



Bronzed black, shining, finely punctured : head without a spot ; 

 antennae brownish-yellow : pronotum with a fine double border, yellow, 

 extending from the anterior almost up to the posterior angles : scutellum 

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