66 roKMiciD.E. 



Hat, linear and narrow, not dtMitute : clypeus with tin; median 

 lobe strongly carinate, produced anteriorly, the apex truncate, the 

 anterior margin of the clypeus with a distinct tootli on each side 

 of the median projection ; antennee stout, elongate, ])ubescent, the 

 scape reaching for about one-third of its length beyond the top of 

 the head, the 2nd joint of the llagellum more than twice as long 

 as the 1st. Thorax rounded above, not emarginate, the pro-meso- 

 aud meso-metanotal suture above distinct but not deeply im- 

 pressed ; legs pubescent, long, and stout. Node of the pedicel 

 cubical, rounded above, somewhat longer than broad ; abdomen 

 massive, much longer than the thorax. 



Ltwfth, ^ 9-10 mm. 



Hah. Upper Burma ; Teuasserim, Karennee {B'uKjham). 



A ver}^ distinct species. 



78. Lobopelta lucidula, Emery (Lepto<renys), -•]««. Mus. Civ. Gen. 

 xxxiv (1894), p. 46i', ^ ; Forel, Joiir. Bomb. X H. Soc. xiii. 

 (1900), p. 300, ^ . 



^ . Brownish red, more or less shaded with fuscous, the man- 

 dibles, antenna) and legs paler reddish ; pilosity short and somewhat 

 sparse. Head, thorax and abdomen smooth and shining, with a 

 few scattered punctures on the latter two. Head with tiie man- 

 dibles somewhat scutiform, longer than broad, with the occipital 

 margin transverse ; mandibles long and narrow, the masticatory 

 margin with S-lO irregular-sized teeth ; clypeus comparatively 

 large, triangular, very strongly medially carinate ; antennae very 

 stout and thick, the scape a little flattened ; antennal carinse 

 narrow, short, close together ; eyes proportionately rather small. 

 Thorax compressed, rounded above ; pro-mesonotal suture more 

 distinct than the meso-metanotal suture ; metanotum posteriorly 

 truncate, the basal portion passing into the apical portion by a 

 rounded curve ; legs moderately stout, rather long. Pedicel with 

 a node higher than broad or long, rounded above, level with the 

 top of the metanotum ; abdomen from above elongate oval, some- 

 what gibbous anteriorly. 



Length, ^ 4-5-5 mm. 



Hah. 8ikhim 4000 feet {MolJar); Burma, Karennee {Fm). 



79. Lobopelta emiliae, Furel, Ann. Soc. cnt. JJchje, xhi (1002), 

 p.294, ?. 



g . Pale yellowish red, the legs pale dull yellow, head, thorax 

 and abdomen smooth and slightly shining ; pilosity pale yellow, 

 somewhat abundant, especially on the abdomen, on the legs and 

 tarsi it is oblique and rather long. Head rectangular, slightly- 

 convex posteriorly, w here it is as broad as in front ; mandibles 

 long, linear, narrow, broadening very slightly towards the apical 

 margin, the latter obscurely dentate ; clypeus rather large, medially 

 carinate and produced ; antennal carina; short, close together, the 

 front above them with a Aery short, deeply impressed and very 



