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GERALD F. HILL. 



Hamitermas neogermanus, sp. n. 



Soldier. — Head and base of mandibles orange, mandibles ferruginous at the tip ; 

 antennae mars yellow, darker than head ; remainder of insect pale stramineous. 



Head and mandibles (fig. 22) together twice as long as wide, rounded behind and 

 on the sides. Mandibles very long, falciform, with a sharp hook-like tooth before 

 the middle. Labrum almost as long as wide, rounded in front. Clypeus large, wide, 

 with median shallow depression not reaching the posterior margin. Antennae 

 15-jointed, long and slender ; 1st joint long and narrow, twice as long as 2nd ; 2nd 

 cylindrical ; 3rd short and narrow, smallest of all ; 4th and 5th alike, about twice 

 as long as 3rd ; 6th longer, nearly as long as 7th ; 7th-12th alike ; 13th and 14th 

 a little longer ; 15th rather longer than 14th, bluntly pointed. 



Prothorax shaped as in H. perplcxus, sp. n., with scattered long red hairs. Legs 

 moderatel}' slender, similar to those of H. perplexus, fore-tibiae w^ith a row of long and 

 stout hairs on the lower side of the apical half. 



Fig. 22. Hamitermes neogermanus, 

 sp. n., head of soldier. 



Abdomen wide in the middle, tapered to the pointed apex. Cerci short. 



Measurements: Total length, 5-5; head and mandibles, 2-16 long; head, 

 1-17 wide; mandibles, 1 long; antennae, 2-03; thorax and abdomen, 3-5 long; 

 prothorax, 0-42 long, 0-7 wide ; tibia (i) 0-92, (ii) 0-84, (iii) 1 • 17. 



Worker. — Head and thorax pale stramineous ; antennae much darker towards 

 the apex ; remainder of insect whitish, clothed with red hairs. 



Head rounded behind, rather straighter on sides than usual. Labrum large, 

 narrower at the base than across the middle. Anteclypeus large, produced in front. 

 Postclypeus large, convex, truncate in front, rounded behind. Antennae 15-jointed ; 

 1st joint twice as long as 2nd ; 3rd very short and narrow, smallest ; 4th and 5th 

 about equal to each other ; 6th larger ; 7th-15th increasing in length gradually. 



Prothorax with anterior portion rounded and bent up, antero-lateral angles 

 rounded, posterior margin rounded, with slight emargination, clothed with long 

 and short red hairs. Legs rather short and slender. 



Abdomen elongate-oval, clothed with red hairs, 

 and broad, remaining two-thirds slender. 



Cerci with basal portion short 



