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5. Coptosoma siamicum 
Coptosoma siamicum, Walk.^ Cat, Het, i, p. 89, 39 (1867); Dist, Ann, Mag. 
Nat. Hist. (7) viii, p. 240 (1901) ; id. Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhynch. i, p. 30 
(1902). 
Coptosoma concinnula, bellula, and inclusa, Walker^ loc. cit.^ pp. 94, 95. 
Coptosoma saundersii, Leth. and Sev. Cat. Gen. Hem. t. i, p. 9 (1893). 
Coptosoma sphaerula, pt. Leth, and Sev. loc. cit.^ p. 9. 
Coptosoma minima, Atkins Ivii, p. 342 (1889) ; Kulg. Arch. f. Naturg. 
1901, p. 224. 
Coptosoma pygmaeum, Montand. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, p. 120 (1896) ; 
Kulg. Arch. f. Naturg.y 1901, p- 221. 
Far.— 
Coptosoma orbicula blandula, Walk.., Cat. Het. i, pp. 91, 96 (1867). 
Coptosoma pygmaeum var. accensitum, Montand, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 'xl, 
p. 447 (1896). 
Biserat, Jalor. 
Found throughout British India, and received from various islands of the 
Malayan Archipelago ; also recorded from N. Australia. 
6. Tropidotylus annandalei, sp. nov. 
(Plate XV) 
Above dark castaneous, speckled with ochraceous ; head with the anterior 
areas of the lateral lobes, a spot at base, and another at inner margins of eyes, 
ochraceous ; antennae ochraceous, apex of second joint and the whole of the 
third joint piceous, remainder multilated ; sternum greyish brown ; abdomen 
beneath castaneous, its disk piceous ; head beneath, rostrum, legs, and lateral 
margins of abdomen ochraceous ; apex of rostrum piceous. Above punctate 
and faintly rugulose ; head moderately long, margins convex, the central lobe 
very prominent and gibbous ; second and third joints of antennae subequal in 
length ; scutellum with the sub-basal transverse impression moderately well 
defined ; lateral ochraceous margins of the abdomen inwardly broadly, obtusely 
angulate, each angle with a small castaneous spot. 
Long 7 mm. ; max. lat. 5J mm. 
Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. 2,500 feet. 30th August, 1901. 
‘ In nest of small black ants, under leaf of a climbing ficus. It was 
surrounded by the ants, which appeared to be obtaining food from it.’ N.A. 
