BY WALTER W. FROGGATT. 531 



Calotbrmes brouni, n.sp. 



(PL XXXVI. figs. 1-1«.) 



General colour dark reddish-brown, with the wings fuscous and 

 the nervures chocolate-brown. Length to tip of wings 5, length 

 to tip of body 3 lines. 



Head longer than broad, rounded from the base to the front 

 of the eyes, flattened on the summit and arcuate on the forehead. 

 Eyes large, oval, not projecting very much, finely faceted; ocelli 

 large, reniform, contiguous to the inner margin of the eyes. 

 Antennte springing from a cleft in front of the eyes; (1) 14-jointed; 

 1st joint large, cylindrical; 2nd and 3rd of equal length; 4th 

 smallest; the rest broadly pyriform, more truncate on the apical 

 edge towards the tip. Clypeus small ; labruni large, quadrate, 

 with the sides rounded in front; jaws stout, with two teeth at 

 the tip, the others indistinct; palpi short and stout. Prothorax 

 broad, truncate in front, slightly concave behind the head, sloping 

 on the sides, slightly concave behind. Wings slender, more than 

 thrice as long as bro5,d; scapular shield large, with five branches, 

 and one parallel vein running into the costal behind the second 

 transverse from the subcostal ; subcostal nervure sending out 

 seven transverse nervures running into the costal, and irregularly 

 forked at the tip; median nervure running parallel to subcostal, 

 but merging into it before reaching the tip either in the last fork 

 or the seventh transverse nervure of the subcostal, with three or 

 four oblique irregular slender nervures turning downwards; sub- 

 median nervure with five thick oblique nervures at the base, and 

 six slender ones all forked at the tips; the whole wing finely 

 reticulated between the nervures. Legs short; thighs very thick; 

 tibise short and stout,, with the apical spines very large; terminal 

 claws of the tarsi large; plantula small. Abdomen short, cylin- 

 drical, rounded at the tip, with stout conical cerci. 



Soldier. — The head ochreous, more ferruginous towards the jaws; 

 antennie bright yellow, with the apex of the joints pale, the rest 

 dull white. Length 3 lines. Head long, cylindrical, rounded 



