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d . Mandibles short, very acutely pointed ; head rounded, the 

 vertex above strongly convex ; the mesonotum with a faintly- 

 marked Y-shaped furrow ; metanotum long, depressed, the basal 

 portion oblique, passing by a rounded curve into the apical por- 

 tion ; wings hyaline with a brownish tint ; legs long and slender ; 

 node of the pedicel conical. 



Length, $ 8-9 ; d 9-10-5 mm. 



Sab. Nearly the whole of peninsular India and Ceylon, not 

 extending to Assam or Burma. 



64. Lobopelta birmana, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 



pp. 305 & 310. 



Lobopelta distinguenda, Emery, Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. xxvii (1889), 

 p. 498, nee Emery, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxv (1887), p. 430. 



$ . Closely resembles L. ocellifera, Bog., but the head is shorter, 

 more square and massive, the posterior lateral angles more 



Fig. 33. Antenna of Lobopelta birmana, showing broad joints. 



prominent ; the antennas shorter and thicker, the scape not, or 

 only very slightly, passing beyond the top of the head. In colour 

 this species is slightly paler, and many specimens have a metallic 

 bluish tint as in L. chinensis, Mayr. The abdomen is proportion- 

 ately shorter and the constriction between the basal two segments 

 broader, with very fine, almost obsolete transverse striae. 



c? . Similar to the d 1 of L. ocellifera, but shorter and more 

 stoutly built. 



Length, % 7-8 ; rf 9 mm. 



Hob. Assam (Smythies) ; Burma ; Tenasseriin (Fea, Bingham). 



This is the Eastern race or representative of the continental 

 L. ocellifera. 



65. Lobopelta dentilobis, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 

 pp. 305 & 309, . 



. Dark castaneous red, the legs slightly paler red, the sides 

 of the thorax in certain lights with a bluish metallic lustre, as in 

 L. chinensis, Mayr. Head somewhat closely and finely, thorax 

 more sparsely punctured ; abdomen smooth, polished and shining. 

 Head, thorax and abdomen covered fairly abundantly with short, 

 erect, pale red hairs ; pubescence almost entirely wanting. Head 



