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and occiput shining, nearly smooth. Mesothorax strongly con- 

 stricted l)ehind the mesoiiotum, the constriction much widened. 

 Mesonotum small and narrow. The hasal surface of the meta- 

 notum narrow, rounded, as long as the pronotum and the meso- 

 notum together. The declivovis face moderately short, transversely 

 wrinkled, rounded at the sides and above. The I'est of the thorax 

 shining and nearly smooth, except at the sides of the mesothorax 

 and of the metathorax, which are more or less rugose. Xode of 

 pedicel raised, narrowed in front, smooth and shining, as long as 

 the breadth of its posterior surface. Abdomen shining and nearly 

 smooth, strongly constricted after the 1st segment. Here and 

 tlierea few erect hairs on the legs, the scapes, and the underside of 

 the body. Kecumbent pubescence almost wantuig. Yellowish 

 or reddish brown, darker over the head, the thorax and the node 

 of pedicel. Flagellum, tibife and tarsi testaceous. 

 ^^ Length 6*2 moi. Sibsagur, Assam" {apud Ford). 



73. Lohopelta striatula, Emery (Leptogenys), Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. 



xxxiv (1894), p. 4(31, ^ ; Forel, Jour. Bomh. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 

 p. 307, 5. 



5 . Resembles L. diniinuta, Smith, but is smaller and slighter ; 

 the head and thorax are more distinctly sculptured, and the node 

 of the pedicel and abdomen highly polished and shining. Black, 

 with the apex of the mandibles, the Hagellum of the antennae, and 

 joints (sometimes the whole) of the legs castaneous brown. Head, 

 thorax and abdomen with a \evj few scattered erect hairs ; 

 pubescence wanting. Head broadly oval, longer than broad, 

 finely but very irregularly longitudinally striate, the striae broken 

 and interrupted, giving an opaque rugose appearance ; mandibles 

 comparati\ely broad, the masticatory margin dentate, much broader 

 proportionately than in most of the species of Lohopelta ; clypeus 

 narrow Transverse, the median lobe carinate ; antennse filiform, 

 long, the 2nd joint of the flagellum longer than the 1st. Thorax : 

 the sculpture similar to that on the head, the striae on the pro- 

 notum more regular, concentric, the pro-meso- and meso-metanotal 

 sutures fairly well marked ; legs long, robust, pubescent. Node 

 of the pedicel compressed, slightly longer than broad; abdomen 

 short, the constriction between the basal two segments well 

 marked. 



Lenrith, ^ 0-0-6-0 mm. 



Hah. Burma: Maymyo, 30(10 feet {Biiu/haui)^ Toungoo {IIau.v- 

 iveU) ; Tenasserim, Karennee {Fca). 



74. Lobopelta palliseri, Ford, Jour. Bomh. X. II. Soc. xiii (1900), 



pp. .-507 k3\-o, ^. 



^ . Kesembles L. dim'umta, Smith, but is much more robustly 

 built and larger. Black, the extreme base of the antennae, the 

 apex of the scape of the flagellum, and of the femora of the legs 

 and the whole of tlie tarsi reddish brown. Head, thorax and 



