LOBOPELTA. DO 



and occiput shining, nearly smooth. Mesothorax strongly con- 

 stricted behind the mesonotum, the constriction much widened. 

 Mesonotum small and narrow. The basal surface of the meta- 

 notum narrow, rounded, as long as the pronotum and the meso- 

 notum together. The declivous face moderately short, transversely 

 wrinkled, rounded at the sides and above. The rest of the thorax 

 shining and nearly smooth, except at the sides of the mesothorax 

 and of the metathorax, which are more or less rugose. Node of 

 pedicel raised, narrowed iu front, smooth and shining, as long as 

 the breadth of its posterior surface. Abdomen shining and nearly 

 smooth, strongly constricted after the 1st segment. Here and 

 there a few erect hairs on the legs, the scapes, and the underside of 

 the body. Recumbent pubescence almost wanting. Yellowish 

 or reddish brown, darker over the head, the thorax and the node 

 of pedicel. Flagellum, tibiaa and tarsi testaceous. 

 "Length 6-2 mm. Sibsagur, Assam" (apud Forel). 



73. Lobopelta Striatula, Emery (Leptogenys), Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 



xxxiv (1894), p. 461, ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 

 p. 307, 5. 



. Resembles L. diminuta, Smith, but is smaller and slighter ; 

 the head and thorax are more distinctly sculptured, and the node 

 of the pedicel and abdomen highly polished and shining. Black, 

 with the apex of the mandibles, the nagellum of the antennae, and 

 joints (sometimes the whole) of the legs castaneous brown. Head, 

 thorax and abdomen with a very few scattered erect hairs ; 

 pubescence wanting. Head broadly oval, longer than broad, 

 finely but very irregularly longitudinally striate, the striae broken 

 and interrupted, giving an opaque rugose appearance ; mandibles 

 comparatively broad, the masticatory margin dentate, much broader 

 proportionately than in most of the species of Lobopelta ; clypeus 

 narrow transverse, the median lobe carinate ; antennae filiform, 

 long, the 2nd joint of the flagellum longer than the 1st. Thorax : 

 the sculpture similar to that on the head, the striae on the pro- 

 notum more regular, concentric, the pro-meso- and meso-metanotal 

 sutures fairly well marked ; legs long, robust, pubescent. Node 

 of the pedicel compressed, slightly longer than broad ; abdomen 

 short, the constriction between the basal two segments well 

 marked. 



Length, 5'5-6'5 mm. 



Hah. Burma : Maymyo. 3000 feet (Bingham), Toungoo (ffaux- 

 well) ; Tenasserim, Karenuee (Fea). 



74. Lobopelta palliseri, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 



pp. 307 & 31 3, . 



. Resembles L. diminuta, Smith, but is much more robustly 

 built and larger. Black, the extreme base of the antennae, the 

 apex of the scape of the flagellum, and of the femora of the legs 

 and the whole of the tarsi reddish brown. Head, thorax and 



