. Hymenoptera ... H. Soc. xiii (1900), p. 30o, ? . 5 . Black ; the mandibles, base of the scape and the flagellum of the antenna;, the trochanters, bases of the femora, tibiae and tarsi of the legs and the apex of the abdomen rufo-ferruginous, the LOBOPELTA. 65 coxcB and femora dull black, and the tibiie above shaded with fuscous black; head, thorax andabdomen densely punctured, thepunctures somewhat coarser thanin L. h)jsterica, and with scatterederect short black hairs. Head withthe mandibles and antennae as inL. hysterica, but the clypeus isbroader and not so strongly cari-nate. Thorax stou


. Hymenoptera ... H. Soc. xiii (1900), p. 30o, ? . 5 . Black ; the mandibles, base of the scape and the flagellum of the antenna;, the trochanters, bases of the femora, tibiae and tarsi of the legs and the apex of the abdomen rufo-ferruginous, the LOBOPELTA. 65 coxcB and femora dull black, and the tibiie above shaded with fuscous black; head, thorax andabdomen densely punctured, thepunctures somewhat coarser thanin L. h)jsterica, and with scatterederect short black hairs. Head withthe mandibles and antennae as inL. hysterica, but the clypeus isbroader and not so strongly cari-nate. Thorax stouter than in theabove species, rounded above, notemarginate, and with the meso-metanotal suture obsolete above ;legs as in L. hysterica. Node ofthe pedicel comparatively larger,cubical, seen from above longerthan broad ; abdomen massive,about as long as the , ^ 5-6 India, Sikhim (MoUer),Calcutta {Rothney).This species is very closely allied to L. hysterica, but is larger and more stoutlv Fig. 35. Lobopelta punctiventris, ^, 77. Lobopelta binghami, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900),pp. 305 & 310, ^ . ^ . Black ; the mandibles, autennge and femora, tibiaj and tarsiof the legs dull castaneous red, the scape of the antennae and thefemora of the legs of a darker red, the apical margins of the 2udand succeeding abdominal segments narrowly translucent, tes-taceous yellow ; head, thorax and basal segment of the abdomen


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