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scape not reaching beyond the top of the head ; basal two joints 

 of the flagellum subequal, all the joints thicker and the apex 

 of the flagellum more incrassate than in L. roberti. Thorax as 

 in L. roberti, punctures fewer and more scattered than on the 

 head ; pronotum with a few obscure longitudinal wrinkles ; legs 

 long and stout. Node of the pedicel longer than in L, roberti, 

 very convex and rounded in front, abruptly vertically truncate 

 posteriorly ; abdomen massive, gibbous in front, the constriction 

 between the basal two segments not well marked. 



Length, $ nearly 4 mm. 



Hab. Western India, the Nilgiri Hills ( WrougJitoii). 



84. Lobopelta yerburyi, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Sos. xiii (1900), 



pp. 306 & 311, . 



. Castaneous red, slightly shining ; the mandibles, flagellum of 

 the antenna? and the tarsi paler yellowish red. Head, thorax and 

 abdomen, especially the mandibles, back of the thorax and the legs, 

 clothed with short, soft, pale semi-recumbent hairs. Head finely 

 and closely, thorax more sparsely punctured ; node of the pedicel 

 and abdomen smooth. Head much longer than broad ; mandibles 

 stout, finely striate, their masticatory margin distinctly dentate ; 

 clypeus convex, but not distinctly carinate ; the median lobe 

 triangularly advanced, and bordered by a narrow translucent 

 chitinous membrane ; antennae pubescent, long and thick, the scape 

 reaching beyond the top of the head, 2nd joint of the flagellum 

 equal to the 3rd and longer than the 1st. Thorax above not 

 emarginate, the pro-meso- and meso-metanotal sutures deeply 

 impressed; metauotum slightly compressed, the apex roundly 

 truncate ; legs very stout and long, the anterior femora and tibiae 

 broad, slightly compressed. Node of the pedicel conical, broader 

 than long, rounded anteriorly and above ; abdomen short and 

 broad, the constriction between the basal two segments not well 

 marked. 



Length, 4-5 to nearly 5 mm, 



Hab. Ceylon (Yerbury, Green). 



85. Lobopelta cliinensis, Mayr, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xx 



(1870), p. 965, ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 

 pp. 308 & 313, c? . 



. Black, smooth and shining, sparsely punctured, and with a 

 sparse pale erect pilosity, most dense towards the apex of the 

 abdomen ; in certain lights the insect has a beautiful purplish- 

 blue metallic lustre ; mandibles, flagellum of the antennoa, tibiae 

 and tarsi castaneous red, tarsi somewhat lighter iu colour ; apex of 

 the abdomen testaceous yellow. Head oval, constricted above 

 the eyes; the occiput narrow, transverse; mandibles narrow, 

 lineai*, punctured, the apex ending in an acute curved point ; 

 clypeus triangular, the median lobe acutely vertically carinate, apex 



