58 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1892. 



" tlie termites have thrown up new earthworks^ and are busy eatiug" 

 " the dead grass underneath;, they collect in dense masses, waiting 

 " for an opportunity of breaking in, which they very likely find 

 " when the termites attempt to extend their works on any side. 

 " Then the slaughter begins. Sometimes the poor termites are killed 

 " far faster than they can be carried off; and on one occasion, as 

 " late as 7 a. m,, I saw the ground still heaped with slain, and an 

 " unbroken stream of ants, 56 yards long, carrying them away. 

 " Each ant had 2 or 3 in ber jaws. If these ants cross the grounds 

 "of a community of ' Harvesters ' ( ? Holcomyrmex) after the latter 

 " are up in the morning, they have to flee in their turn. A Lobo- 

 " pelta, when once a ^ major has laid hold of her by the leg', appears 

 " to be perfectly helpless ; she can neither kill her enemy, nor shake 

 " her off. Sometimes another Lobopelta will come to her assistance, 

 " and^ after vainly trying to tear off the aggressor, will pick up her 

 " comrade and carry her, and her enemy, off together. '' 



96. L. diminuta (Mayr). 



Mt. Abu F. Gleadow (Christmas' 90 $ ). 



Coonoor R. W. Daly. 



Kanara , H. Gr. Palliser. 



Calcutta Gr. A. J. Rothney. 



Orissa Jas. Taylor. 



Tounghoo, Burma E. Y. Watson. 



Ceylon Major Yerb ury . 



Ataran Valley, Tenasserim ...Major Bingham. 



The specimens from Tounghoo and Tenasserim vary slightly 

 from the type. 



97. L. dentiloUs (Forel in MS.). 



Coonoor, Madras K W. Daly. 



98. L. YerUiryi (Forel in MS.). 



Hot Wells, Trincomalee Major Yerbury. 



99. L. 'punctiventris (Mayr). 



Calcutta G. A. J. Rothney (type). 



100. L. Kitteli (Mayr). 



Calcutta G, A, J. Rothney. 



