TERMITES FROM BRITISH INDIA. 115 



HAMITERMES SECTION. 



Gen. EREMOTERME, Silv. 

 (Syn, PsEUDOMiROTERMES, Holmgr. in litt.) 



Eremotermes paradoxalis, n. sp. 



Imago. — Not known. 



Soldier. — Head yellow. Otiter lialf of mandibles brownish 

 black. Thorax yellowish. Abdomen whitish. 



Head as well as abdomen with rather dense fine hair. 



Head seen from above qnadrate, somewhat longer than broad, 

 almost imperceptibly narrowed in front, rather thick, frontal 

 torns (" Stirnwulst") Cubitermes-like, hairy. Beneath the torus a 

 very large fontanelle with a big gland. From fontanelle, fore- 

 head sharply receding (more so than with JSremotermes indicatus, 

 Silv., from Tunis). Clypetls relatively large, obliquely quadrate, 

 basal portion of it anteriorly slightly bilobed. Labrum short, trian- 

 gular. Mandibles of same length as head, nearly rod-shaped 

 (" staebchenfoermig "), their outer margin slightly depressed in 

 the middle Cas in Synhcmnitermes quadriceps). Basal part of both 

 mandibles strongly developed, distinctly heel-shaped, apical part 

 slightly bent inward. In the middle of inner margin of mandibles 

 a small tooth pointing inward. Antenna 13-jointed; 1st joint a 

 little longer than 2nd and 3rd together, 2nd as long as 3rd, 4th 

 a trifle shorter than 3rd. 



Pronotum narrow, distinctly saddle-shaped, anterior margin 

 barety excised. 



Abdomen short and stout, its sides bulging out in shape of 

 little bladders (" blseschenartig ausgestuelpt ") as in Glohitermes 

 glohosiis. 



Length of body ... ... 3-3-25 mm. 



Head with mandibles ... 1*79 ,, 



,, without ,, ... -95-1 -03 ,, 



.Width of head '76 „ 



,, of pronotum ... '42 ,, 



Worker. — Two sizes. 



Whitish, with yellowish head. 



Hair fine and rather dense. 



Head quadrate, with rounded angles. Basal portion of clypeus 

 large, its length equal to half its width, flat. Antennae of 13-14 

 joints ; the entire antennee as well as the single joints are very 

 short with the small, longer with the large workers. 2nd joint of 

 antennae at least as long as 3rd and 4th (both of which are short) 

 together, 5th as long as 4th ; joints from 5th onward gradually 

 increasing in length. 



Pronotum saddle-shaped, slightly indented in front. 



