NOTES ON TEEMITES FROM CEYLON. 109 



very large specimen of Phrynichus was taken, some Mjrriapods, 

 Notoscolex termiticola and another very large earthworm, and 

 some Lepismidae. 



EuTERMES ocuLATAS, Holmgr., 1911. 



(= Eutermes longicornis, Holmgren, 1912.) 



In Dr. Escherich's book entitled " Termitenleben auf 

 Ceylon," Dr. Holmgren described this species from ringed 

 examples only, captured by Dr. Uzel at Peradeniya, suggesting 

 that they possibly belonged to either E. Jmntange or E. 

 escherichi. Some time later he received from Mr. E. E. Green 

 a number of soldiers and workers of an undescribed species 

 of Eutermes, which he described as E. longicornis. 



On November 16 last I found, in a mound of Termes 

 obscuriceps, a colony of longicornis, consisting of soldiers, 

 workers, and ringed adults. Comj)aring these last with the 

 descriptions, I found them to be identical with oculatus of 

 Holmgren. Therefore the name of longicornis must be 

 dismissed as a synonym of the former. 



The adult of this species is very conspicuous, and easily 

 recognizable by its fontanelle of a pure white, bordered by a 

 yellowish ring. The head is shorter than broad, with very 

 prominent eyes. The antennae are comparatively long, 

 2 • 6 mm., whereas in E. ceylonicus they measure only 1 • 7 mm., 

 though both species are of about the same size and have 

 15-jointed antenna. (In ceylonicus, the antennae of the male 

 have 14 joints only.) The " nasutus " soldier is recognizable 

 from those of alhed species by the length of its frontal tube, 

 which is equal to that of the rest of the head, and very slender. 

 This species has been recorded from Peradeniya only. 



The type-material was taken by Dr. Uzel (in coIL Vienna 

 Mus.) on November 15, 1901. I myself captured a number 

 of winged specimens at the hghts of the resthouse on November 

 15 and 29, 1912, and the above-mentioned colony was found 

 on the 16th of the same month- 



The tjrpes of longicornis were found by Mr. £. E. Green on 

 the stem of a Giant Bamboo {Dendrocalamus giganteus). 



