TERMITES FROM BRITISH INDIA. 113 



Pronotum excised in front. 



Length of body... ... 2-8 mm. 



Width of head -89 „ 



,, of pronotum ... -53 ,, 

 Habitat. — Borivli Jungle near Bombay. 



Collector's Report : — 



Borivli Jungle, 13-12-1911. — " Termites on trunk of tree, 

 in tunnels and covered galleries built of friable greyish-black 

 material. Not many specimens taken, termites seem to have 

 quickly retreated to subterranean nest when galleries were 

 opened." (Assmuth.) 



Note. — The species appears to be a representative of the ceylo- 

 y^icMS-group. Whether this kind, however, lives in o&es^ts-nests 

 like ceylonicus in those of Redemanni, is to be seen. 



Gen. MICEOTERMES, Wasm. 



Microtermes Incertoides, n. sp. 



(Syn. M. INCERTUS, Wasm., from Wallon.) 



Imago. — Not known. 



Soldier. — Head yellow. Outer half of mandibles brown. 

 Abdomen whitish. 



Head with scanty fine hair. Abdominal tergites rather densely 

 hairy. 



Head oval, distinctly narrowed in front. Fontanelle-spot 

 ( " Fontanellplatte") placed a little behind middle of head. Basal 

 portion of clypeus somewhat obliquely quadrate, small. Upper 

 lip lancet-shaped, reaching beyond two-thirds the length of man- 

 dibles, somewhat pointed in front. Mandibles relatively short, 

 slender, slightly curved. Antennae 14-jointed ; 2nd joint about 

 as long as 3rd and 4th together, 3rd and 4th of equal length. 



Pronotiim narrow, anterior margin slightly excavated. 



Length of body 

 Head with mandibles 



,, without ,, 

 Breadth of head . . . 

 of pronotum 



..3-4— 3-5 

 1-22 

 •84 

 •68 

 •46 



Large Worker. — Head light yellowish. Abdomen whitish. 

 Hair same as in soldiers. 



Head quadrate-oblong. Base of clypeus relatively large. Con- 

 dyles of mandibles large. Antennee 14-jointed, of same structure 

 as in soldiers. 



Pronotum excised in front. 



Length of body ... ... 3^7 mm. 



Breadth of head ... ... ^87 ,, 



,, of pronotum ... -46 ,, 



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