LOBOPELTA. 59 



square, oiily slightly narrower posteriorly than in front ; mandibles 

 short, strong, longitudinally striate, the apex oblique, dentate ; 

 clypeus narrow, transverse, with a thick, prominent, medial, vertical 

 carina, the anterior margin of the lobe tridentate ; autennal carinae 

 short, very close together, laminate, coarsely punctured above ; 

 antennae short and thick, the scape not passing beyond the top of 

 the head, the basal two joints of the flagellum subequal. Thorax 

 somewhat compressed, very slightly emarginate above, the pro- 

 notum longitudinally wrinkled ; the pro-meso- and meso-metanotal 

 sutures distinct ; legs stout, long, the tibia? densely pilose. Node 

 of pedicel convex in front, flat posteriorly, the upper margin 

 rounded ; abdomen comparatively short. 



Length, 5-6 mm. 



Hob. Western India, Thana, Kanara ( Wroughtori) ; Travancore 

 (Ferguson) ; the .Nilgiris (Daly). 



66. Lobopelta crassicornis, Emery (Leptogenys), Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Gen. xxxiv (1894), p. 462, ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii 

 (1900), p. 304, $ . 



. Eeddish yellow, smooth, highly polished and shining ; 

 pilosity yellowish, short, abundant on the head and abdomen. 



Fig. 34. Lobopelta crassicornis, $ . a. Mandible. 



Head rectangular, a little longer than broad, and slightly broader 

 in front than posteriorly ; eyes minute ; occiput transverse ; 

 mandibles short, the masticatory margin oblique, armed with 

 three teeth ; clypeus narrow anteriorly, with the medial por- 

 tion angular, the apex rounded, and a medial short thick carina 

 which extends between the antennal carinae ; these latter short, 

 parallel, close together. Antennae very short and thick, the scape 

 compressed, the flagellum incrassate towards the apex, the penul- 

 timate joint much broader than long. Thorax elongate, narrow, 

 compressed, rounded above, truncate posteriorly, the sutures fairly 

 distinct ; legs rather long and robust. Pedicel with the node 

 thick, truncate and flat posteriorly, rounded in front, and carrying 

 a thick strong tooth beneath pointing backwards. Abdomen 

 elongate, cylindrical ; sting exserted. 



Lenyth, $ 4*5 4*75 mm. 



Jfab. Upper Burma (Bingham) ; Tenasserim, Kareunee (Fea). 



