72 FOEMTCII)^. 



vertically truncate posteriorly ; abdomen elongate, very nearly as 

 long as the head and thorax united. 



Length, $ 6 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon (Simon); Burma, Bhamo (Fea\ the Shan States 

 (Thompson} ; Annam (Peuquet). 



89. Lobopelta watsoni, Ford, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 

 p. 309. 



" . Node of pedicel one-fourth longer than high posteriorly 

 (in L. peuqueti it is only a little longer than it is high posteriorly), 

 and 2 times longer than hroad (twice in L. peuqueti). Eyes situ- 

 ated in the middle of the sides of the head (in L. peuqveti they 

 are more anterior). Head without the clypeus longer than hroad." 

 (Forel.} 



Length, 5 mm. 



Hal. Upper Burma (Watson). 



This species, or, as Dr. Forel makes it, race of L. peuqueti, is 

 unknown to me. In Burma I found only typical L. peuqueti, from 

 which this species seems to differ chiefly in its much more strongly 

 compressed and longer node to the pedicel. 



Genus ODONTOPONERA. 



Ponera, pt, Smith, Cat. vi (1858), p. 86, . 



Odontoponera, Mai/r, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xii (1862), p. 717, $ . 



Type, 0. transversa, Smith, from Borneo. 



Range. Indo-Malayan region. 



. Head quadrate, the occiput slightly emarginate, the posterior 

 lateral angles rounded; mandibles powerful, subtriangular, strongly 

 dentate; clypeus narrow, its anterior margin transverse. produced 

 posteriorly to a point between the antennal carinse ; these latter 

 parallel, curved posteriorly, triangularly laminate in front, covering 

 the base of the antennae; antennae 12-jointed, cylindrical, stout, 

 the scape passing by very little beyond the top of the head; the 

 2nd joint of the flagellum very little longer than the 1st or 3rd ; 

 eyes proportionately rather small, placed below the middle line of 

 the head. Thorax massive ; the pronotum convex, anteriorly 

 narrowed into a short collar, the anterior lateral angles stoutly 

 dentate : pro-meso- and meso-metanotal sutures distinct above ; 

 mesonotum transversely oval, slightly convex ; metanotum slightly 

 compressed, the basal portion passing into the apical portion by a 

 gradual slope ; the latter broad, flat, with a denticulate ridge on 

 each side dividing it from the sides of the metanotum ; legs 

 moderately long, robust ; femora and tibiae cylindrical. Pedicel 

 one-jointed, node moderately raised, flattened anteriorly and pos- 

 teriorly, cuneiform, its upper border emarginate ; abdomen com- 

 paratively short, the constriction between the basal two segments 

 distinct. The head, thorax and node of pedicel beautifully and 

 evenly striate. 



