TERMITES FBOM BRITISH INDIA. 



kinds to be characterised as distinct races onl}-. I have neverthe- 

 less kept them separate, because the interest which attaches to 

 them is precisely based on the slight diversity, not on the simi- 

 laritjr of their structure. Both species are in all probability 

 so-called geographical forms of Leucotermes tenuior, Hav., fromi 

 Sarawak. 



Subfani. COPTOTERMITIN/C, Holmgr. 

 Gen. COPTOTERMES, Silv. 



Coptotermes Heimi, Wasm. 



Imago. — With regard to the tables printed inZool. Anz. Vol.. 

 XXXA'II, p. 552, I wish to remark that the measurements of" 

 Coptotermes Heimi are somewhat larger than stated there and,, 

 consequently, nearer to those of Coptotermes ceylonicus — 



Breadth of head 



,, ,, pronotum 



Length .. 



Soldier. ^ — Scarcely different from Coptotermes travians, Hav.,. 

 ceylonicus, Holmgr. and formosanus. Shir. In Coptotermes travians^ 

 the antennas are of 14 segments, in the other species of 15. 



Measurements . ' 



The tables on p- 192 in "' Termitenleben ant Ceylon " are incorrectly print ed- 

 !<ee the tables s'iven above. 



