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added to each number more or less detailed notes on the habitats. 

 etc, Avhich are without doubt among the best I have received from 

 my correspondents. The notes are so instructive and have been 

 made so carefully as to enable me to publish them here with 

 hardly any change. Assmuth is likewise responsible for the 

 photographs 1-7 which are reproduced with this article.' 



Fam. MESOTERMITID/C, Holmgr. 



Subfam. LEUCOTERMITIN/E, Holmgr. 



Gen. LEUCOTERMES, Silv. 



Leucotermes indicola^ Wasm., 1903. 



Imago. — Almost identical Avith that of Leucotermes cet/lonicas. 

 Holmgr. Antennse, however, of 16-17 segments (in L. ceylomcrtr^ 

 of 15 segments). Ocelli generally absent (in ceylonicus they are 

 punctiform). Length with Avings 9 mm. (in ceylonicus 10 mm.). 



Larger Soldier.^ Very nearh" the same as that of L. ceylomeusy 

 but antennas of 15 segments (in cei/lovicus of 14). 



Smaller Soldier and Worker. — See Wasmann, 1903.. Cf. also 

 Holmgren : Cej-lon-Termiten, in : Escherich, Termitenleben auf 

 Ceylon, 1911. 



Collector's Report; — 



Bombay, 15-6-1911. — "From the chemical laboratory of 

 St. Xavier's College, room on ground floor ; the termites seem 

 to have come out from underground and had almost completely 

 eaten up several boxes of dealwood of which they are specially 

 fond." (Assmuth.) 



Khandala, 6-6-1911. — " Caught by lamplight in room. Seem 

 to be rather rare in this place and not to occur in larger swarms 

 as is otherwise the case with these termiteSj since I saw only tAvo 

 or three specimens.*' (Assmuth.) 



Note. — From the above remarks it appears that L. ceylonicus 

 and h. indicola are very closely allied to, yet different from, each 

 other. The differences are, however, so small as to alloAv the tAvo 



^ Assmuth begs on this occasion to give expression to his deep sense of gratitude 

 to the authorities of St. Xavier's College withotit whose generous aid the many 

 excursions necessary for collecting the material AN'ould have been impossible, and 

 also to Mr. J.P. Mmllan, m.a.. Assistant Professor of Biology at St, Xavier's College 

 whose able help is responsible for much of the success achieA'ed- 



