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llcic I express my hearty thanks to Mr. Fullaway, by 

 whose CQiirtesy I was able to examine these interesting speci- 

 mens. 



Coptotermes intrudens n. sp. 



Imago : — Body reddish brown, head somewhat darker ; clypeus, anten- 

 nae, legs and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish brown ; wings hya- 

 line, with yellowish costal margin. Head sparingly provided with minute 

 hairs; tlioracic plates almost smooth, with a small number of hairs; wing- 

 stumps hairy; abdominal tergites densely covered with delicate hairs. 



Head round, fontanelle indistinct ; post-clypeus very short, its anterior 

 border wavy; ante-clypeus exceedingly longer than the former, obtusely 

 pointed anteriorly ; eyes prominent ; ocelli oval, the distance to eye is 

 less tlian half its longer diameter; labrum tongue-shaped, entirely cover- 

 ing the mandibles; antennae 15-jointed (broken), basal joint cylindrical, 

 2nd squarish, slightly longer than 3rd, 4th joint shorter than 3rd; pro- 

 notum snbreniform, the middle of the posterior border more strongly 

 indented than that of the anterior; mesonotum and metanotum slightly 

 narrower than pronotum, their posterior borders weakly emarginate at 

 middle ; anterior wing-stumps much larger than the posterior, covering 

 the base of the latter; median nerve of the anterior wing runs nearer 

 to cubitus than radius, furcating at the tip; cubitus with ca. 8 branches, 

 of which the proximal ones stronger; cubitus of the posterior wing with 

 ca. (J branches. 



Length of body 7.00 mm. 



Length of head i-U mm- 



Width of head 1.38 mm. 



Width of pronotum ^^ 1.40 nun. 



Length of pronotum o.qi nun. 



Length of anterior wing 11.00 nun. 



Soldier :— LI cad yellow; mandibles dark brown; aniennae and labial 

 palpi yellowish ; abdomen straw-colored. Head and pronotum sparingly 

 pilose ; mesonotum, metanotum and abdoiuinal tergites densely provided 

 with liairs. 



Head suborbicular, fontanelle distinct, its orifice directed forward; 

 ante-clypeus short, trapezoidal, post-clypeus not separated from forehead; 

 labrum lancet-shaped, the lip hyaline and sharply pointed, scarcely 

 reaching the middle of the mandible; mandible sabre-shaped, with 

 strongly incurved, piercing tip, tlic cutting margin smooth; antennae 

 15-17 j((inted, basal joint cylindrical, 2nd joint quadrate, longer than 3rd, 

 3rd jiiiiit smallest, slightly shorter than 4th; gula gradually widening 

 anteriorly and converging at the tip; pronotum narrower than head, ante- 

 rior and posterior borders distinctly bilobed, sides slightly converging 

 posteriorly; mesonotum and metanotum nearly as broad as pronotum. 



