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A NEW TERMITE FROM INDIA. 



Described by J. Desneux (Brussels). 



(Read before the Bombay Natural History Society on 

 '21st January 1904.) 



Termopsis Wroughtoni, n. sp. 

 Winged form. Upperside yellowish-brown ; head and prothorax 

 darker, reddish-brown. 



Head rounded, flat. Eyes large, almost reniform. Ocelli totally absent. 

 Antenna longer than head and prothorax, of 24 segments ; first 

 segment longer than 2nd, third segment shorter than 2nd. 

 Prothorax narrower than the head, lateral sides depressed. 

 Oerci long, of 6 segments. Abdominal papillse long. 

 Tarsi furnished with a plantnla. 



The wings venation is that of Termopsis, notwithstanding some differ- 

 ence. 



The costal area is on the whole similar, but while the mediana of 

 T. angusticollis, Hagen, of California (the only one living known 

 species of this genus, of which the winged form is described) is nearly 

 straight from base to apex, the mediana of our species is distinctly curved, 

 and the greatest distance between it and the subcosta lies near the middle 

 of its curve. 



The submediana is far longer than it is the case with T. angusticollis, 

 and the number of the veins it emits is also greater. 



The veins are almost invisible, with exception of the costal branches, 

 and of the basalbranches springing from the submediana, which are 

 distinct. 



Length of the body : 11 mm. 

 Length and width of anterior wing : 19x5, 5 mm. 

 Soldier: Robust. Head rectangular, reddish-brown, anterior portion 

 darker ; mandibles black. 



Eyes present, small, ovoid, black. 

 Left mandible furnished with a very strong tooth. 

 Mesothorax and metathorax furnished with rudiments of wings similar 

 to those which Hagen describes and figures for the soldier of Termopsis 

 occidentis (V. Linnaea Entom. XII, p. ff, pi. 1, f. 8). 



A peculiar character of this soldier is the exceptional size of the cerci 

 which are much longer than in any other known Termite, and which give 



