LOBOPELXA. 69 



scape not reaching beyond the top of tlie head ; basal two joints 

 of the flagelhun subeqnal, all the joints thicker and the apex 

 of the flagelluin more incrassate than in L. roherfi. Thorax as 

 in L. rohertl, pnnctures fewer and more scattered than on the 

 head ; pronotnm with a few obscure longitudinal wrinkles ; legs 

 long and stont. Node of the pedicel longer than in L. roherti, 

 very convex and rounded in front, abruptly vertically truncate 

 posteriorly ; abdomen massive, gibbous in front, the constriction 

 between the basal two seguients not \\e\\ marlced. 



Lenrjth^ ^ nearly 4 mm. 



Hah. Western India, the Nilglri Hills {WrowjhtOii). 



84. Lobopelta yerljuryi, Forel, Jour. Bomb. X. H. So\ xiii (1900), 



pp. ■•3or;& ?,ii, ^ . 



^ . Castaneous red, slightly shining ; the mandibles, flagellum of 

 the autennte and the tarsi paler yellowish red. Head, thorax and 

 abdomen, especially the mandibles, back of the thorax and tl»e legs, 

 clothed with short, soft, pale semi-recumbent hairs. Head linely 

 and closely, thorax more sparsely punctured ; node of the pedicel 

 and abdomen smooth. Head much longer than broad ; mandibles 

 stout, finely striate, their masticatory margin distinctly dentate ; 

 clypeus convex, but not distinctly carinate ; the median lobe 

 triangularly advanced, and bordered by a narrow translucent 

 chitinous membrane ; antennae pubescent, long and thick, the scape 

 reaching beyond the top of the head, 2ud joint of the flagellum 

 equal to the 3rd and longer than the 1st. Thorax above not 

 emarginate, the pro-meso- and meso-metanotal sntnres deeply 

 impressed ; metauotum slightly compressed, the apex roundly 

 truncate ; legs v(;ry stout and long, the anterior femora and tibise 

 broad, slightly compressed. Node of the pedicel conical, broader 

 than long, rounded anteriorly and above ; abdomen short and 

 broad, the constriction between the basal two segments not well 

 marked. 



Lenr/th, g 4"5 to nearly 5 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon (Yerburi/, Green). 



85. Lobopelta clliliensis, Mai/r, Verk. zool.-bot. Ge.->. Wieu, XX 



(1870), p. 965, 5 ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. X. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 

 pp. 308 & 313, ^ d" . 



5 . Black, smooth and shining, sparsely punctured, and with a 

 sparse pale erect pilosity, most dense towards the apex of the 

 abdomen ; in certain lights the insect has a beautiful piu'plish- 

 blue metallic lustre ; mandibles, flagellum of the antennse, tibiae 

 and tarsi castaneous red, tarsi somewhat lighter in colour ; apex of 

 the abdomen testaceous yellow. Head o\a\, constricted above 

 the eyes: the occiput narrow, transverse; mandibles narrow, 

 linear, punctured, the apex ending in an acute curved point ; 

 clypeus triangular, the median lobe acutely vertically carinate, apex 



