ART. 16 NEW TERMITES FROM INDIA SNYDER S 



right mandible with large pointed tooth in middle and a molar near 

 base, inner margin of apical third of mandible roughened. Pronotum 

 with slight tinge of yellow, with long bristles, margins shallowly 

 concave anteriorly but nearly straight posteriorly. Mesonotum and 

 metanotum with short wing pads. Hind tibiae slightly swollen. 

 Abdomen with a row of long bristles at base of each tergite. 



Measivrements. — Length of entire soldier, 11.5 mm ; length of head 

 with mandibles, 5.3 mm; length of head without mandibles, 3.2 mm; 

 length of left mandible, 2.1 mm; length of pronotum, 1.2 mm ; length 

 of hind tibia, 1.6 mm; width of head, 2.4 mm; width of pronotum, 

 2.4 mm. 



The e)''e spot is larger than in Kaloterines {N eotertnes) fletcheri 

 Holmgren or assmuthi Holmgren, compared with cotype material. 



Nymph of winged adults. — Head nearly round, with large eye and 

 small ocellus, latter separated from eye by a distance greater than 

 its diameter, head with long bristles. Antennae with 15 segments, 

 third longer than second or fourth. Pronotum lighter colored than 

 head, with long bristles, shallowly concave at anterior margin, pos- 

 teriorly nearly straight. 



Ocellus smaller and farther from eye than in -fletcheri and in 

 Kalotei'^nes {Neotermes) greeni Desneux. 



Measurements. — Length of head, 2.1 mm; length of pronotum, 

 1 mm; length of hind tibia, 1.35 mm; long diameter of eye, 0.4 mm; 

 width of head, 1.9 mm; width of pronotum, 2.4 mm. 



Type locality. — Mathranwala, Dehra Dun, United Provinces, 

 India. 



Eolotype. — Soldier, tube 14, in British Museum. 



Comorphotypes. — Nymphs and winged adult in Forest Research 

 Institute, Dehra Dun, United Provinces, India, and United States 

 National Museum. 



Remarks. — Described from one soldier collected with nymphs at 

 the type locality by " M. Bose, 16, XI, 30, ex Ficus sp. (rotten)." 

 Named in honor of the collector. 



KALOTERMES (NEOTERMES) GARDNERI, new species 

 FlQXJEE 1 



Description. — Winged adult : Head castaneous-brown, with red- 

 dish tinge, epicranial suture with a V-shaped marking, head with 

 scattered very long bristles and shorter hairs. Eye black, not round, 

 very large, separated from lateral margins of head by a distance less 

 than half its diameter. Ocellus white, oval, large, obliqueiy touch- 

 ing eye. Antennae with 18 or 19 segments, third segment shorter 

 than second, but longer than fourth. Pronotum of similar color 



