374 MB. G. D. HATILAND ON TERMITES. 



thougli they may stop up cracks witli moist proctodseal discharges. 

 Their societies do not number more than a few hundred individuals. 

 The species are as widely distributed as are those of the genus 

 Termes, but they are only a tenth part as numerous. 



Calotekmes domestictjs, n. sp. (PI. 23. figs. 3-6.) 



Male 5 mm. long, stout, ochraceous above, paler below. Ocelli 

 in contact with the eyes. Antennae of 16 segments, the 2nd 

 slightly larger than the 3rd. Pronotum 15 mm. long, '8 mm, 

 broad. Pront wing-stumps quite covering the hind ones. Wings 

 6 mm. long by 1'8 mm. broad, silvery when dry, transparent when 

 wet ; 4 or 5 strong nervures cross the costal area ; the median 

 joins the subcostal beyond the middle. The hind legs reach the 

 5th abdominal segment, 



Pemale with the abdomen not elongating more than in the 

 male, but becoming much deeper. 



Soldier 4 mm. long. Head 1"3 mm. broad, nearly black, pos- 

 teriorly atropurpureous, truncated in front, and forming an angle 

 of less than a right angle with the mandibles. Antennae pale, 

 of 12 segments, the 2nd and 3rd very short. Below the anteunal 

 fossa is a strong anteriorly projecting spine. Mandibles sub- 

 triangular, with cut ting- margin and incurved tips. Gula very 

 short and almost free. Lateral cervical sclerites very large, more 

 than half as long as the head. Pronotum more than a semi- 

 circle, as broad as the head, and longer than the mesonotum and 

 metanotum together. Hind legs reaching to the 5th segment of 

 the abdomen. 



Worker 6 mm. long. The abdomen , broader than the head or 

 thorax. 



Sai. Singapore and Sarawak. Plentiful in every house. Type, 

 No. 376. 



Caloteemes ptfangjs, n. sp. 



Pemale 5 mm. long, slender, castaneous. Ocelli in contact with 

 the eyes. Pronotum slightly narrower than the head. Tarsi 

 pale. Hind legs reaching to the 4th abdominal segment. 



Soldier 5 mm. long. Head '9 mm. long, broad, cylindrical, the 

 anterior portion black, truncated, making with the mandibles an 

 angle greater than a right angle, the posterior portion testaceous. 

 Antennae pale testaceous, of 10 or 11 segments, the 3rd very 

 short. Labrum nearly covering the closed mandibles. Mandibles 



I 



