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GERALD F. HILL. 



and including eyes, 0-65-0 -67 wide ; antennae, 1 -08 ; mandibles, right, 0-41 long, 



• 28 wide, left, • 4 long, • 25 wide ; prothorax, • 28 long, • 51 wide ; wings, 5 long, 



1 -27-1 -4 wide ; tibia (i) 0-51, (ii) 0-48, (iii) 0-7. 



Soldier. — Head buff yellow ; antennae, palpi, thorax and legs paler ; abdomen 

 grey (due to stomach contents) ; jaws castaneous, with basal half much paler. 



Head (fig. 15) rounded behind and on the sides, compressed dorso-ventrally, 

 clothed with scattered short reddish hairs. Mandibles short and stout, with a blunt 

 angular tooth on each about the middle. Labrum broad at the base, sloping in to the 

 rounded apex. Clypeus broad and rather indistinct. Antennae arising from raised 

 tubercles close to the base of the jaws, 13-jointed ; 1st joint nearly twice as long 

 as 2nd ; 2nd and 4th equal ; 3rd half the length of the 2nd and 4th ; 5th and 8th 

 three-fourths the length of the 4th ; 9th-llth equal to the 2nd ; 12th rather longer ; 

 13th longest, twice as long as 2nd and 4th. 



Fig. 15. Haniitermes parvus, sp. n., head of soldier 

 [a) from above ; (b) in profile. 



Prothorax similar to that of worker. Legs short and moderate^ stout ; tibial 

 spurs 3:2:2. 



Abdomen elongate-oval, clothed with numerous moderately long and a few very 

 long reddish hairs. 



Measurements: Total length about 3-3 ; head and mandibles, 1 -22 long ; thorax 

 and abdomen, 2 long ; mandibles, 0-47 long ; head, 0-65 wide, 0-47 deep ; antennae, 

 0-86; prothorax, 0-18 long, 0-47 wide; tibia (i) 0-46, (ii) 0-37, (iii) 0-56; abdomen, 

 0-7 wide. 



Worker. — Head cream}- ; mouth-parts, thorax and legs paler ; abdomen nearly 

 hyaline. 



Head almost spherical, slightly longer than wide, clothed with scattered red 

 hairs ; labrum large convex, rounded in front ; clypeus similar in shape to that of 

 winged form, at each end a ferruginous spot (articulation of mandible). Antennae 

 13-jointed, segmented similarly to that of winged form, arising from a raised tubercle. 

 Dentition as in imago. 



Prothorax nearly twice as wide as long, arcuate and bent up in front. Legs 

 stout ; tibial spurs 3:2:2. 



Abdomen elongate-oval, bluntly rounded at apex, clothed with moderately long and 

 stout hairs, with a few much longer ones scattered over dorsal and ventral surfaces. 

 Cerci large and prominent, base with several very long slender hairs. 



