17, 5 Oshima: Philippine Termites 503 
LuZzON, Laguna Province, Sarai near Paete, March 19, 1917. 
PANAY, Antique Province, Culasi, June 13, 1918. 
Remarks.—The present species is very closely allied to Hu- 
termes gracilis, from Sarai. The soldier of the latter has a 
wider head and a longer fourth antennal joint. 
Eutermes (Eutermes) las-pifiasensis sp. nov. Plate 2, fig. 3; Plate 4, 
fig. 13. 
Imago.—Unknown. 
Soldier.—Head yellowish brown; tip of rostrum reddish 
brown; pronotum brownish; antennz, abdomen, and legs dark 
yellow. Head nearly smooth, with a few long spiny hairs; 
thorax smooth; abdominal tergites beset with miscroscopic 
hairs, posterior ones with a small number of long spiny hairs. 
Head round, sides converging anteriorly, dorsal profile nearly 
straight, making a very weak curve; rostrum rather short, con- 
ical; mandible with a short, pointed apical portion; antenne 
13-jointed; second joint a little longer than fourth, third joint 
the longest, much longer than second; pronotum saddle-shaped, 
anterior border rounded. 
mm. 
Length of body 3.20-3.80 
Length of head, with rostrum 1.59-1.62 
Length of head, without rostrum , 0.94-1.00 
Width of head 0.94—1.00 
Width of pronotum 0.47-0.50 
Worker—Head dark brown; anteclypeus yellowish; thorax 
and abdomen yellowish white; antenne and legs dark yellow. 
Head moderately pilose; thorax nearly smooth, pronotum with 
a series of short hairs along the anterior border; abdominal 
tergites beset with minute hairs. 
Head round, Y-suture distinct, whitish; postclypeus more or 
less swollen, much shorter than half the width; antenne 14- 
jointed, third joint elongate, very slightly longer than second, 
fourth joint the smallest, nearly half as long as third; pronotum 
saddle-shaped, anterior border obscurely bilobed. 
mm. 
Length of body 4.00 
Width of head 1.19-1.22 
Width of pronotum 0.59-0.69 
Luzon, Paco, April 30, 1917: Rizal Province, Las Pifias, May 
6 and 20, 1917: Laguna Province, Sarai, March 19, 1917: Bu- 
lacan Province, north of Polo, May 30, 1917. 
