THE KASHMIR TERMITE. 295 



Eyes very large but not very prominent, close to the base of the 



antennae, of quite unusual form amongst 



the Termitidse : the anterior border being 



broadly emarginated so that the eye 



appears to be almost reniform (Fiji. 1) 

 Fig. 1—Termopsis W rough- L1 / \ 6 /■ 



loni, side view of Imago's head. Ocelli wholly absent. 



Pronotnm narrower than the head, nearly flat, the antero-lateral 

 angles somewhat depressed with the border raised ; nearly trapezoidal 

 in form, narrowed behind; anterior margin nearly straight, very 

 slightly emarginated in the middle, the sides slightly curved, the 

 posterior angles obtuse, the posterior margin nearly straight, obscurely 

 concave. The pronotnm is red dish- brown, not so dark as the head. 



Meso- and metanotum paler than either the pronotum or the abdomen, 

 yellowish; broad, the posterior margins but little concave, nearly straight. 

 Anterior wing-stumps much larger than the posterior but not over- 

 lapping them and even not reaching their base;* the border nearly 

 straight. Wings large, less than 4 times as long as broad, the mem- 

 brana almost uncoloured, slightly yellowish. The following description 

 of the veins applies to the anterior wings : costal border nearly straight 

 becoming curved towards the ap^x; ; subcosta present but short, un- 

 branched, very close to the costal border which it reaches at some 

 distance from the end of the stump; radius strongly developed, emitting 

 two long branches from the stump, the first one reaching the costal 

 border before the middle, the second bsyond the middle ; the radius 

 emits further about 7 oblique branches towards the costal border in its 

 apical half, the end ones anastomosing. 



While the radial veins are strong and coloured yellow, the remaining 

 veins are faint and uncoloured. 



Media slightly concave, the greatest distance between it and the ra- 

 dius being about the middle; it divides generally in its second half 

 (sometimes, however, before the middle), emitting 5 or 6 principal 

 branches to the posterior border. 



Cubitus reaching beyond the middle of the posterior border, emitting 

 10 or 11 oblique branches, mostly unbranched, the 5 or 6 first ones 

 very close one to the other, the othnrs more distant. 



* In drie.) , shrivelled specimens, the • nterior »ing stumps may seem to reach the base of 

 the posterior ones, but this is not the case in well-preserved specimens, nor consequently in 

 the living ones. 



