LOBOPELTA. 71 



whole of the apical segment testaceous yellow. Pilosity fairly 

 abundant, pale red, soft and erect. Head elongate, much longer 

 than broad and almost as broad posteriorly as in front ; mandibles 

 long, linear, narrow, not dentate, but the lower angle of the mastica- 

 tory mai^gin ending in an acute curved point ; clypeus triangular, 

 anteriorly submargined, the median lobe vertically carlnate, blunt 

 at apex ; antennae pubescent, long, comparatively stout, the scape 

 extending beyond the top of the head, the 2nd joint of the flagel- 

 lum very long, nearly three times as long as the 1st; eyes com- 

 paratively very large, depressed and flat. Thorax slightly emar- 

 ginate above, the pro-meso- and meso-metauotal sutures distinct, 

 the nietanotinn considerably broadened towards the apex and 

 rounded above ; legs long and stout, pubescent. Node of the 

 pedicel strongly compressed, about a quarter as long again as high 

 posteriorly ; abdomen long and massive, longer than the thorax. 



Length, ^ 6-5-7 mm. 



Hah. Assam, the Graro hills (Long). 



88. Lobopelta peuqiieti. M: Andre, Bev. d'Ent. vi (1887). p. 202, ^ ; 

 Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), p. 309, ^ . 



^ . Black, smooth and shining ; the apex of the mandibles, the 

 flagellum of the antennae, and the femora, tibiae and tarsi of the legs 

 more or less dark castaueous brown, lightest on the flagellum and 

 tarsi. The front of the head, the thorax, node of pedicel and 

 abdomen covered with short erect pale hairs. Head oval, somewhat 



-Fig. 37. — Lohopclfa pcuqurfi, ^ , 



narrower posteriorly than in front; mandibles flat, linear, not 

 dentate ; clypeus triangular, the median lol)e strongly carinate ; the 

 antennae thick, the scape opaque, extending well beyond the top 

 of the head ; the face just above the sides of the clypeus and on 

 each side of the antennal carin;e flat, very minutely, closely, but 

 superficially punctured, the 2nd joint of the flagellum half as long 

 again as the 1st. Thorax very narrow, not emarginate above, the 

 pro-meso- and meso-metanotal sutures very distinct, the metanotum 

 compressed ; legs long, slender, pubescent. Node of the pedicel 

 large, very strongly compressed, curved to the anterior end, 



