64 FOBMIC'IDJE. 



abdomen with sparsely scattered, rather loiig aud soft, erect, pale 

 hairs. Head broad, very nearly as broad as long, and as broad 

 posteriorly as in front, more distinctly and coarsely striate than 

 in L. dimimita ; the striae longitudinal anteriorly, transverse oil 

 the front and forehead; mandibles comparatively long, striate, 

 linear, not dentate, but the outer margin ending in an acute 

 curved point ; clvpeus longitudinally striate, the median lobe barely 

 subcarinate ; antennae comparatively short, pubescent, the scape 

 passing slightly beyond the top of the head. Thorax viewed in 

 profile with a wide but shallow emargination, the mesonotum 

 depressed, irregularly longitudinally wrinkled and striate, the 

 sutures rather deeply impressed ; legs pubescent, the tarsi densely 

 so. Node of the pedicel very high, a little longer than broad, 

 above coarsely longitudinally wrinkled ; abdomen very smooth, 

 polished and shining. 



Length, 7-8 mm. 



Hctb. Western India, Kanara (Palliser) ; Tenasserim, Mergui 

 (Bingham). 



I am not certain whether 1 have identified this species correctly. 



75. Lobopelta hysterica, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Snc. xiii (1900), 



pp. 305 & 311, $ . 



. Black ; the mandibles, antennae, femora, tibiae and tarsi of 

 the legs, and apex of the abdomen rufo-castaneous, the COXSB of the 

 legs dark castaneous, almost black; head, thorax, node of the 

 pedicel and basal two segments of the abdomen densely punctured, 

 opaque, the apical margin of the 2nd and the remaining abdominal 

 segments smooth and shining with only a few scattered punctures ; 

 pilosity extremely sparse ; pubescence wanting except on the 

 antennse and tibiae of the legs. Head longer than broad, rounded 

 posteriorly and as broad as in front ; mandibles narrow, not 

 dentate, broadening towards the apex and ending in a sharp point ; 

 clypeus triangular, the median lobe broadly carinate, the apex 

 truncate and rounded ; antennae elongate, the scape passing well 

 beyond the top of the head, the basal two joints of the flagellum 

 subequal. Thorax elongate, not emarginate, the pro-meso- and 

 meso-inetanotal sutures distinct, the latter broad but not deep ; 

 legs stout and long, the tibiae and tarsi paler in colour than the 

 femora. Node of the pedicel high, cubical, about as long as 

 broad ; abdomen comparatively massive, longer than the thorax. 



LengtJi, $ 4-4-5 mm. 



Hob. Western India ( WroitgJiton) ; Ceylon (Yerbunj}. 



76. Lobopelta punctiventris, Mayr, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 



xxviii (1878), pp. 665 & 666, $ ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 

 xiii (1900), p. 305, $ . 



. Black ; the mandibles, base of the scape and the flagellum of 

 the antennae, the trochanters, bases of the femora, tibiae and tarsi 

 of the legs and the apex of the abdomen rufo-ferruginous, the 



