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Antennae of 12 or 13 segments. Head ochra- 



ceous. Rostrum slender regularis. 



Antennae of 12 or 13 segments. Head fulvous. 



Rostrum conical simjaporiensis. 



AntenuEe of 14 segments, 3rd shorter than 



the 4th lacessitus. 



Antennae of 14 segments, 3rd as long as or 



longer than the 4th hospitalis. 



Section with Termes bellicosus/br Type. 



Male large. Antennae of 19 segments, 3rd longer than the 

 2nd. Epistoma prominent and rounded. Ocelli large. Fenestra 

 obscure. Pronotum with straight anterior margin and arcuate 

 posterior margin. Anterior wing-stumps scarcely larger than 

 the posterior. Median nerve midway between the subcostal 

 and submedian, and branched 3 or 4 times. Hind lefs 

 exceeding the abdomen. Abdomen broad. Abdominal papillge 

 present. 



Female with the abdomen enlarging to such an enormous size 

 that she cannot drag it with her feet. The lateral cuticle of the 

 abdomen smooth and white. 



Soldier with broad glabrous head. Antennae of 17 segments, 

 the 3rd longer than the 2nd. A pale spot in the position of 

 the compound eyes. Fenestra minute, perforate or imperforate. 

 Labrum reaching to the middle of the mandibles, with white 

 translucent tip. Mandibles black, powerful, upcurved, with 

 pointed tips and toothless cutting-margin. Grula nearly uniform 

 in breadth. Pronotum, mesonotum, and metanotum broad and 

 flat, projecting well beyond the under portions of the thorax. 

 Legs long and slender. Abdominal papillae present. There are 

 two distinct sizes of soldiers ; the head of the larger is proportion- 

 ally broader than that of the smaller. 



Worker with head variable in size, chitinized and coloured. 

 A pale spot in the position of the compound eyes. Fenestra 

 large. Antennae of 18 segments. Mesonotum narrow. Hind 

 legs slender, considerably exceeding the abdomen. 



Fungus-growers. Nest terrestrial, forming a conical mound 

 with a hard outer shell. Eoyal cell massive, supported by delicate 

 laminae of clay. When the soldiers bite, they often emit a 

 transparent fluid from their mouths. 



T. dives, T. fatalis, T. gilvus, and T. Azarellii belong to this 

 section. 



