. Hymenoptera ... triae on the pi*onotum, the mesonotum andmetanotum transversely striate ; legs with fine dense shortpubescence ; the femora and tibiae cylindrical. Kode of thepedicel smooth, slightly compressed, very convex in front, thespine at the apex above thick at base; abdomen larger than in anyother Indian species, smooth and shining, rounded and stronglyconvex above. Lenqth, ^ 11-13 mm. Hah. Assam, the G;iro hills {Lonrj) ; Burma (BimjJiam) ; Ka- ODONXOMACHlS. UIlEPA^ 49 rennee {Fea)\ and tlie »Shau States {Thompson), extending intoSiam. Var. longi, Eorel, is similar, but
. Hymenoptera ... triae on the pi*onotum, the mesonotum andmetanotum transversely striate ; legs with fine dense shortpubescence ; the femora and tibiae cylindrical. Kode of thepedicel smooth, slightly compressed, very convex in front, thespine at the apex above thick at base; abdomen larger than in anyother Indian species, smooth and shining, rounded and stronglyconvex above. Lenqth, ^ 11-13 mm. Hah. Assam, the G;iro hills {Lonrj) ; Burma (BimjJiam) ; Ka- ODONXOMACHlS. UIlEPA^ 49 rennee {Fea)\ and tlie »Shau States {Thompson), extending intoSiam. Var. longi, Eorel, is similar, but with much finer, feebler striaealmost or quite effaced on the pronotuiii. 58. Odontoniachus punctulatus, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xii(]900j, p. 5S. ^. $ . Closely resembles the preceding species, but can be dis-tinguished at once by its deeply emarginate occiput, making thehead appear almost bilobed ; the medial lougitudinal groove on thefront of the head well marked; the inmost of the apical teeth on r^. -^. Fig. 28.— jiunctulatns, ^.a. Head ; h. Pedicel; c. Mandible. the mandible comparatively longer and broader than in 0. moniicola,and the inner margin of the shaft of the mandible Avith only 3 or4 small teeth. Thorax : the sculpture coarser and deeper than in0. monticoJa. Length, g 12-13-5 mm. Hah. Sikhim {Moller) ; Assam (Smi/thies) ; Upper Burma,Bhamo (Bingham). Genus DREPANOGNATHUS. ;natlius, Jerdon {yiec JVesin. 1831), 3Iadr. Jour. Lit. i^ (1851),, ?. _Drepanoguathus, Smith, Cat. vi (1858), p. 81, pi. v. Type, D. saltator. Jerdon, from JMalabar. Range. India, Burma, Ceylon, China. ^ . Head rectangular, emarginate posteriorly; mandibles articu-lated at the sides of the head, and more than half as long again asthe head, sickle-shaped, curved upwards, serrated on the innerside, the saw-like teeth or serrations terminating, at a distance ofabout four-fifths of the whole length of the mandibles from theapex, in a large triangular
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