LOBOPELTA. 07 



narrow groove ; antennae long and thick ; eyes proportionately 

 moderate in size, lateral, placed anterior to the middle of the head. 

 Thorax long, narrow, compressed, the sutures fairly distinct but 

 not deeply impressed ; the metanotum massive, obliquely truncate 

 posteriorly ; legs long, rather slender. Pedicel : the node broader 

 than long, rounded above, subtruncate in front and vertically 

 truncate posteriorly ; abdomen long, cylindrical. 



tLenyth, 4-4-2 mm. 



Hob. G-uzerat ( Wroughton). 



Closely allied to L. castanea, Mayr, from Africa. 



80. Lobopelta moelleri, sp. n. 



. Head and thorax opaque dull black with a bluish metallic 

 tint ; abdomen castaneous brown, highly polished and shining ; the 

 mandibles, clypeus, antennae, apex of the metanotum on the sides, 

 legs and articulations posterior and anterior of the pedicel dull 

 rut'o-ferruginous. Head, thorax and abdomen covered with abun- 

 dant short serai-erect white hairs. Head sparsely punctured, much 

 longer than broad, the occiput transverse, the cheeks straight, 

 very slightly convex ; mandibles strongly dentate, minutely, finely, 

 longitudinally striate ; clypeus comparatively large, convex, not 

 vertically carinate but with a remarkably raised ridge extending 

 from the antennal carinse to the lateral angles of the clypeus ; 

 antennal carinae short, very close together ; antennae elongate, 

 massive, the scape extending a little beyond the top of the head ; 

 the basal two joints of the flagellum subequal, longer than the 

 succeeding joints, which however are all longer than broad. 

 Thorax comparatively massive and broad, rounded above, sparsely 

 punctured and wrinkled, not emarginate, the pro-mesonotal suture 

 distinct, the meso-metanotal suture barely indicated, the metanotum 

 nearly vertically truncate at apex, its apical face with a broad 

 shallow vertical groove ; legs long and stout, slightly pubescent. 

 Node of the pedicel short, as broad as long, smooth and shining, 

 very rounded and convex anteriorly, vertically truncate posteriorly ; 

 abdomen shorter than the thorax, with the apical margins of the 

 segments broadly testaceous. 



Length, 5 mm. 



Hal. Sikhim at 4000 feet (Moller). 



81. Lobopelta dalyi, For el, Jour. Bomb. y. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 



pp. 306 & 311, $ . 



. Black, shining ; the mandibles, flagellum of the antennas 

 and the tarsi rufo-ferruginous ; scape of the antennae, and the coxae, 

 femora, and tibiae of the legs dark castaneous brown ; apex of the 

 abdomen testaceous yellow. Head and thorax very sparsely 

 punctured, the pronotum with a few longitudinal wrinkles ; abdo- 

 men smooth, highly polished. The whole insect covered with 

 very sparsely scattered pale yellow hairs. Head longer than 

 broad ; mandibles large, very strongly dentate on the inner and 



