Rhynchota .. . ginate in front of lateral angles. 23. Coptosoma ceylonicum, Boh-n, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxl, p. 399 (1860). Head black with a central ochraceous basal spot, eyes casta-neous ; pronotum and scutellum ochraceous, pronotum withnearly the basal half and scutellum, excluding the basal callosities,coarsely punctured with brown ; pronotum with a short sublateralfascia to dilated anterior margin, a central linear fascia not quitereaching basal margin, an oblique linear fascia on each side com-mencing near lateral angle and connected with the apices of asinuate fascia situate a little befo
Rhynchota .. . ginate in front of lateral angles. 23. Coptosoma ceylonicum, Boh-n, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxl, p. 399 (1860). Head black with a central ochraceous basal spot, eyes casta-neous ; pronotum and scutellum ochraceous, pronotum withnearly the basal half and scutellum, excluding the basal callosities,coarsely punctured with brown ; pronotum with a short sublateralfascia to dilated anterior margin, a central linear fascia not quitereaching basal margin, an oblique linear fascia on each side com-mencing near lateral angle and connected with the apices of asinuate fascia situate a little before anterior margin, and theposterior margin, black; scutellum with the margins of the basalcallosity, a short central longitudinal basal fascia, and the lateraland apical margins, black. Body beneath black ; antenna?, rostrum, VOL. I. c 18 PENTATOMIDJE. legs, lateral margins of the sternum and abdomen ochraceous, thelast broad and containing a series of black 4| to 5 ; max. breadth 4| to 5 Fig. 10.— Coptosoma ceylonkum,Bab. Ceylon {Green and Lewis). 24. Coptosoma rugulosum, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) iv, p. 216 (1899). Ochmceous, thickly, irregularly, and somewhat confluentlycovered with coarse reticulated black punctures ; head with thecentral lobe distinctly margined with black punctures ; eyes testa-ceous ; pronotum with the anterior margin concave, the anteriorangles dilated, rounded, and moderately laminate, the lateralmargins slightly sinuate, tiausverse furrow only slightly indicated ;scutellum without perceptible transverse basal furrow. Bodybeneath very dark dull olivaceous ; abdomen with a marginal seriesof about three rows of small dark ochraceous spots ; legs darkcastaneous, femora streaked with ochraceous ; head beneathochraceous at base. Length 6 ; max. breadth 5 millim. Hah. Ceylon {Atkinson Coll., Brit. Mas.). 25. Coptosoma cicatricostim, Ball. List Hem. i, p. 66. (1851). Black, shining, thickly and finely punctate; head rugose, eyesred;
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