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in M. ohesi. The total length of the latter, however, as well as the 

 length of its wings is greater. Colour and pilosit}^ either the same 

 as in M. sinde/isis, or colour somewhat lighter. Compound eyes 

 medium-sized (in niiidensis small). Ocelli big, but little removed 

 from compound eyes (in sindensis of middle size, distant from 

 eyes by half their diameter or more). Antennae of 15 segments, 

 Pronotum relatively small ; anteriorly, in the middle, vevj little 

 bilobed, but distinctly so posteriorly (in sindensis insignificantly). 

 Wing membrane with short hair only in outer half (in sindensis 

 whole wing sparsely hairy). Wing at tip somewhat pointed 

 (in sindensis rounded off). 



Length with wings 



„ without wings 



„ of fore wings 



„ of head . . 

 Breadth of head 



„ ,, pronotum 



Length of „ 







Habitat. — Khais'dala, 26-4-1911. — Taken in nest oi Odontoter- 

 mes ohesus a, Kamb. 



Microtermes (?) incertus, Hag. 



It is a discovery of Wasmann (1902), which I am now able to- 

 corroborate to some extent, that Microtermes incertus, whose original 

 home is presumably Africa, occurs also in India near Bombay ; for 

 in the collection before me there are two tubes containing soldiers 

 as well as workers of the Microtermes group. They do not differ 

 perceptibly from Microtermes incertus, Hag., save that the pilosit}" 

 of the soldiers' head is a trifle denser and perhaps stiffer than in 

 incertus. However this difference is so vague that I dare not 

 attribute any importance to it. 



It is, therefore, not impossible that Microtermes incertus is met 



