()4 juuMKJiD.i:. 



abiloineu with sp;irselj scattered, rather lung and .soft, erect, pale 

 hairs. Head broad, very nearlj- as broad as lonp:, and as broad 

 posteriorly as in front, more distinctly and coarsely striate tban 

 iu L. diinimtta ; the striic longitudinal anteriorly, transverse on 

 the front and forehead ; mandibles comparatively long, striate, 

 linear, not dentate, but the outer margin ending in an acute 

 curved ])oint : clypeus longitudinally striate, the median lobe barely 

 subcnrinate ; antennte comparatively short, pubescent, the scape 

 passing slightly beyond the top of the head. Thorax viewed in 

 profile with a wide but shallow emargination, the mesonotum 

 depressed, irregularly longitudinally wrinkled and striate, the 

 sutures rather deeply impressed ; legs pubescent, the tarsi densely 

 so. Node of the pedicel very high, a little longer than broad, 

 above coarsely longitudinally wrinkled ; abdomen very smooth, 

 polished and shining. 



Length, ^ 7-8 mm. 



Hah. Western India, Kanara (^Palliser) ; Tenasserim, Mergui 

 {Bingham). 



1 am not certain A\hether 1 have identified this species correctl}-. 



75. Lohopelta hysterica, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 

 pp. 305 & 311, 9 . 



g . Black ; the mandibles, antennae, femora, tibioo and tarsi of 

 the legs, and apex of the abdomen rufo-castaneous, the coxae of the 

 legs dark castaneous, almost black ; head, thorax, node of the 

 pedicel and basal two segments of the abdomen densely punctured, 

 opaque, the apical margin of the 2nd and the remaining abdominal 

 segments smooth and shining with only a few scattered punctures ; 

 pilosity extremely sparse ; pubescence wanting except on the 

 antennae and tibiae of the legs. Head longer than broad, rounded 

 posteriorly and as broad as in front ; mandibles narrow, not 

 dentate, broadening towards the apex and ending in a sharp point ; 

 clypeus triangular, the median lobe broadly carinate, the apex 

 truncate and rounded ; antennae elongate, the scape passing well 

 beyond the top of the head, the basal two joints of the flagellum 

 subequal. Thorax elongate, not emarginate, the pro-meso- and 

 meso-metanotal sutures distinct, the latter broad but not deep ; 

 leo-s stout and long, the tibiae and tarsi paler in colour than the 

 femora. Node of the pedicel high, cubical, about as long as 

 broad ; abdomen comparatively massive, longer than the thorax. 



Length, ^ 4-4-5 mm. 



Hdh. Western India (TT";-o»y7//o») ; Ceylon (Yerbin-i/). 



7(5. Lobopelta punctiventris, Mnyr, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wim, 



xxviii (1878), pp. Btio c*v: ()G6, ^"; Forel, Jvur. Bomb. K. H. Soc. 



xiii (1900), p. 30o, ? . 



5 . Black ; the mandibles, base of the scape and the flagellum of 



the antenna;, the trochanters, bases of the femora, tibiae and tarsi 



of the legs and the apex of the abdomen rufo-ferruginous, the 



