LOBOPELTA. 61 



LeiKjtli, ^ 7-8*5 mm. 



Hah. Along the foot-hill.s of the Himalayas from Simla to 

 Sikhim; Calcutta {Rothneij) : Assam (Smj/thies) : Bui-ma and 

 Tenasserim {Fea, Bingham). 



69. Lobopelta altisquamis, Ford, low. Bomb. N. H. Soc xiii (1900), 



pp. ma k •■Jii^ ^. 



^ . Closely resembles L. hltteU, ^layr, but the pro-mesouotal 

 suture is very much more deeply impressed, and the mesonotum 

 strongly convex ; the node of the pedicel is larger and very much 

 higher ; the apex of the lobe of the clypeus is truncate, and the 

 abdomen has a bluish metallic tint as in L. cMnensis, Mayr. 



Leni/th, ^ 9-9 "5 mm. 



ffab. Tenasserim ; Thaungyin valley (Biac/Juoii). 



This form is perhaps only a very strongly marked local race ; 

 but the differences between it and typit-al L. l-lttdi, also found 

 in Tenasserim, seem to be constant. 



70. Lobopelta diminuta, Smith (Pouera), Jour. Linn. Soc. ii (1857), 



p. <;9, i^ ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), iip. 307 & 

 312, ^ $? J. , 

 Pouera Iseviceps, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. ii (18-j7), p. 69, ^ . 



^ . Black ; the mandibles, base of the antennae and flagellum, 

 and the tarsi of the legs fusco-ferruginous, the apex of the abdo- 

 men testaceous yellow. Head finely and closely striate, the strite 

 longitudinal on the anterior portion, transverse on the front and 

 forehead ; thorax rugose, the prouotum longitudinally and rather 

 coarsely striate on the disc, transversely striate anteriorly, node 

 of the pedicel and abdomen smooth and shining. Head, thorax 

 and abdomen with sparse erect pale hairs. Head elongate oval, a 

 little narrower posteriorly than in front ; mandibles lon», fiat, 

 finely longitudinally striate, widening at the masticatory margin 

 and feebly dentate, the apex furnished with an acute curved 

 point ; clypeus triangular, the median lobe vertically carinate and 

 produced anteriorly into a blunt point ; antennre stout, elongate, 

 pubescent, the scape passing considerably beyond the top of the 

 head ; the 2nd joint of the flagellum somewhat longer than the 

 1st. Thorax constricted anteriorly into a neck, emarginate in 

 the middle above, the sutures wide, distinct; the metauotuin 

 broadening towards the apex, the apical face transversely striate ; 

 legs long, stout, pubescent. Xode of the pedicel quadrate seen from 

 the side, rounded above, slightly broader posteriorly, and truncate 

 in front and behind : abdomen with the constriction between the 

 basal two segments well-marked. 



cJ. Resembles the ^. Brownish black, the head globose, the 

 scape of the antenna) short : thorax massive ; wings hyaline with 

 a brownish tint ; node of the pedicel conical . Head and thorax 

 irregularly sculptured. 



Length, ^ G"5-7'5 ; J 5 mm. 



