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ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 12. NIO 15. 



distinctly marked by a lateral black, rounded spöt on 

 each side, just behind the root of Ihe antenna; prothorax 

 of very cbaracteristic shape, very mucb broader than the 

 hind head, deeply and broadly emarginate in the centre of 

 the anterior margin, rounded at the sides, with three small 

 median impressions nearer the anterior margin and a dark 

 crossline; meso- and metathorax deeply emarginate in the 

 centre of the posterior margin, causing the posterior angles 

 to protrude backwards ; legs of moderate size, femora incras- 

 sated, tibise short, with three darkly coloured short and strong 

 apical spines, exteriör half of the claws darker; abdomen 



fairly short and broad, upper 

 surface shining, with a trans- 

 verse row of long erect hairs, 

 the tip rounded, cerci and styli 

 well-developed. 



Measurements: Length of 

 body short jaws 12 mm, length 

 of head with jaws 5,6 mm, 

 length of head without jaws 4 

 mm, breadth of head 2,5 mm, 

 length of prothorax 1,3 3 mm, 

 breadth of prothorax 3 mm, 

 breadth of abdomen 2,2 mm. 

 Worker. Dull white, a spöt 

 on each side of the fore-head 

 in front of the antennse and 

 tips of jaws darker. 

 Head rounded with the sutures distinctly visible, the 

 f rontal part whitish, clypeus in front of the same breadth 

 as the small and rounded labrum, antennse short, 13-jointed, 

 4th joint the shortest, the rest also short, except the apical 

 joints, which are more slender; prothorax of the same breadth 

 as the head, much broader than long, emarginate at the 

 arterior margin, rounded at the sides and the posterior mar- 

 gin, posterior angles slightly obtuse, posterior angles of meso- 

 and metathorax protruding, though not so much as in the 

 soldier. Legs and abdomen as in the soldier. 



Measurements: Length of body 8 mm, length of head 

 2,1 mm, breadth of head 1,82 mm, length of prothorax 0,9 5 mm, 

 breadth of prothorax 2,2 8 mm, breadth of abdomen 2,5 mm. 



Text Fig. 8. Dentition of jaws in 



soldier of Galotermes oculifer 



Mjöb. n. sp. 



