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short base , which scarcely touches the mandibular condyles . Mandi- 

 bular condyles rather large. Apex of clypeus hyaline. Upper lip 

 rather small, broader than long. Antennae 14-jointed ; second 

 slightly longer than third ; fourth smallest. Pronotum strongly 

 convex ; anterior lobes as long as the hinder part, very slightly 

 excavated (or entire). 



Length of body, 4 mm. 

 Length of head, 1 "3 mm. 

 Locality, Peradeniya. 



Width of head, 1 -03 mm. 

 Width of pronotum, 0*61 mm. 



EUTBRMES LONGICORNIS, n. Sp. 



Soldier : — Head brownish yellow, frontal process more decidedly 

 brown ; antennae rusty yellow ; abdominal tergites brown ; body, in 

 other respects, yellowish white. Smooth, with a few setae on the 

 hinder margins of the abdominal tergites. Head pear-shaped, not 

 constricted (" emgeschniirt "). Frontal process slender, about as 

 long as the rest of the head. Profile of forehead concave, the frontal 

 process and the crown of the head not lying in the same plane. 

 Antemise long, 13 -jointed ; third at least twice as long as second 

 and distinctly longer than fourth. Pronotum saddle-shaped, not 

 excavated in front. 



Length of body, 2-75 mm. 



Length of head, 1 • 66 mm. 



Length of frontal process, 0-74 mm. 



Width of head , • 92 mm . 



Width of pronotum, 0-44 nun. 

 Worker : — Head light brown, with white sutures and fontanelle. 

 Basal portion of clypeus and anterior border of ' ' transverse band " 

 yellowish. Tergites brown : remainder of body ^^ellowish white. 

 Head with a few setse. Hair, in other respects, as in the soldiers. 

 Head broadly oval. Sutures clearly defined. Fontanelle trian- 

 gular, situated in the sagittal suture. Base of clypeus short, rather 

 narrow, somewhat arched. Antennae rather long, slender, 15-jointed ; 

 third joint as long as second and fourth together ; fifth as long as 

 fourth ; other joints gradually increasing in length. Pronotum 

 saddle -shaped, not excavated in front. 



Length of body, 4*25 mm. I Width of head, 1 -29 mm. 



Length of head, 1 '63 mm. I Width of pronotum, 0'67 mm. 

 Locality, Peradeniya, on stem of " Giant Bamboo." 

 Remarks. — Nearest to Eutermes escherichi of Ceylon. 



MicROCEROTERMES BUGNiONi, Holmgren. 



Imago : — Dark brown, lighter beneath. Clypeus, antermse, mouth 

 parts and legs rusty yellow ; wings dark. Hair short and fine. 



Head oval, longer than broad, approximately parallel-sided, 

 thick. Compound eyes small and prominent. Ocelli rather small 

 but not punctiform ; scarcely less distant from the eyes than their 



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