68 FOBMICID.*:. 



masticatory margins ; clypeus triangular, broadly vertically carinate 

 iu the middle, the apex of the median lobe pointed and translucent 

 yellow ; antennae long, robust, subpubescent, the scape extending 

 slightly above the top of the head, the bnsal three joints of the 

 flagellum subequal, the flagelluin distinctly thicker towards the 

 apex. Thorax rounded above, not emarginate, pro-mesouotal 

 suture distinct, meso-metauotal suture obsolete above ; legs long, 

 robust. Node of pedicel conical, somewhat flat posteriorly ; 

 abdomen not quite so long as the thorax, the constriction between 

 the basal two segments slight. 



Length, 4 - 5 mm. 



Hob. Western India, the Nilgiris, Kanara, Mysore (Daly, 

 Wrouyhton) ; Cochin (Ferguson). 



82. Lobopelta roberti, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 



pp. 306 &311, . 



. Dark castaneous brown, the mandibles, antenna) and legs 

 light reddish brown ; head and thorax with fairly abundant minute 

 punctures ; abdomen smooth and shining ; the front of the head, 

 the thorax above and the abdomen, chiefly towards the apex and 

 underneath, with short erect pale hairs. Head oval, longer than 

 broad ; mandibles stout but narrow, dentate on the masticatory 

 margin ; clypeus transverse, strongly vertically carinate, rounded 

 anteriorly, the median lobe prolonged by a translucent yellow 

 chitinous membrane ; antennae pubescent, thick and long, the 

 scape passing beyond the top of the head ; the 1st and 3rd joints 

 of the flagellnin each longer than the 2nd. Thorax above not 

 emargiuate ; the pro-mesonotal suture distinct, the meso-metanotal 

 suture scarcely indicated, the metanotum compressed ; legs stout, 

 long. Node of the pedicel broader than long, flat in front and 

 posteriorly ; abdomen rather more massive proportionately than in 

 L. dalyi ; the constriction between the basal two segments more 

 distinct. 



Length, $ 3'5 mm. 



Hal>. Assam (Smythies) ; Upper Burma, the Shan States 

 (Thompson). 



83. Lobopelta coonoorensis, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (^1900), 



pp. 306 & 311, $ . 



$ . Resembles L. roberti, but is slightly larger and darker, with 

 a proportionately larger head and shorter mandibles, which latter 

 are longitudinally striate. Piceous brown, the mandibles, antennae 

 and legs lighter reddish brown. Head, thorax and abdomen 

 polished, shining, the two former regularly and somewhat closely 

 and finely punctured, clothed with short erect pale reddish hairs. 

 Head rectangular, much longer than broad ; mandibles narrow, 

 dentate on the masticatory margin ; clypeus transverse, narrow, 

 carinate down the middle and obscurely striate like the man- 

 dibles ; antennal hollows very large ; antennae thick, pubescent ; 



