70 FORMICID.E. 



truncate ; antennae long, pubescent, the scape extending well 

 beyond the top of the head ; the 2nd joint of the flagellum more 

 than twice as long as the 1st. Thorax broad, not narrowed 

 anteriorly into a collar; pronotum very convex, pro-ineso- and 

 meso-metanotal sutures very distinct and broad ; thorax viewed 

 from the side widely emarginate in the middle; legs stout and 

 long. Node of the pedicel rounded above, truncate anteriorly and 

 posteriorly, twice as long as broad and twice as high posteriorly 

 as in front ; abdomen massive, the constriction between the basal 

 two segments well marked. 



cJ . Similar to the $ ; the head globose, the mandibles much 

 shorter, the thorax massive, the oblique furrows on the mesonotum 

 distinct, the scutellum strongly convex ; the wings hyaline, slightly 

 pubescent and infuscate. 



Length, $ 8-10 ; d" 9 mm. 



Nab. More or less all Continental India and Ceylon, except the 

 drier portions of Central and Western India and the Punjab. 

 This species is found in China and Japan, but not recorded from 

 Assam, Burma, or Tenasserim. 



86. Lobopelta minchini, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 



pp. 308 & 313, & d . 



$ . Resembles L. chinensis, but is smaller and more pubescent ; 

 the mandibles are broader and longer, and the head proportionately 

 not so long nor so narrow at the occiput. Black ; the mandibles, 

 antennae and legs castaneous red, the head, thorax and abdomen 

 in certain lights with a purplish-blue metallic tint. Sculpture as 

 in L. cliinensis. Antennae pubescent, longer proportionately than 

 in that species ; the scape extending beyond the top of the head by 

 more than one-third of its length ; the 2nd joint of the flagellum 

 twice the length of the 1st and about one-third of its length longer 

 than the 3rd joint. Thorax not so distinctly emarginate as in 

 L. cliinensis, but the pro-meso- and meso-metanotal sutures as deeply 

 marked. Node of the pedicel somewhat shorter and slightly higher 

 posteriorly ; abdomen as in L. cliinensis. 



Length, $ 6-5-7 mm. 



Hob. Bengal ; S. India (Rothney) ; Burma (Minchin). 



I am doubtful as to the identification of this species: three speci- 

 mens of a Lobopelta I have from the Pegu Toma answer fairly well 

 to Dr. Forel's description of L. minchini, especially in the shape of 

 the pedicel, w hich curves gradually from back to front and ends in 

 a short flat portion. All three specimens are more densely 

 pubescent than any other of the Indian species of Lobopelta. 



87. Lobopelta assamensis, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 



pp. 308 & 313, ?. 



. Castaneous red, smooth and shining; the mandibles, flagellum 

 of the antennae and legs, including the coxae, paler red ; the tibial 

 calcaria, the apical margins of abdominal segments 1-4 and the 



