380 ME. a. D. HAVILAND ON TERMITES-, 



Tebmes CARBONAEiug, JIagen. 



Male 18 mm. long, black, tlie mandibles, antenngB, labrum, and 

 legs testaceous. Ocelli separated from the eyes by a full diameter. 

 Fenestra minute. Antennae of 19 segments, tlie 3rd more tban 

 twice as long as the 2nd. Pronotum without pale mark, serai- 

 lunar, the anterior margin slightly concave. Wing 24 mm., 

 umbrinous ; the subcostal gives off 2 or 3 nervures towards its 

 apex and has some ill-defined reticulation along its posterior 

 border ; the median branched once or twice before the middle 

 and once or twice beyond it, it is equidistant between the sub- 

 median and the subcostal ; the submedian gives off 4 or 5 broad 

 unbranched nerves and 4 or 5 finer branched ones. Abdominal 

 papillae short, widely separate, the pale basal areas small. 



Female with the ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment 

 narrower and not half as long again as the preceding. Abdomen 

 of the queen reaches a length of 50 mm., and the membrane is 

 smooth. 



Soldiers : the larger 16-5 mm. long. Head 4*5 mm. broad and 

 the same in length, hlack, testaceous beyond the level of the 

 antennas. A very distinct transparent spot in the position of 

 the compound eye. Fenestra minute. Antennae of 17 segments^, 

 the 3rd twice as long as the 2nd. Labrum ovate quadrate, with 

 acuminate white tip, reaching to the middle of the mandibles. 

 Mandiblea 3"2 mm., upcurved, with piercing-tip and toothless 

 cutting-margin. Gula 1 mm. broad, nearly uniform. Thorax and 

 abdomen castaneous above, ochroleucous below. Pronotum 

 with anterior and posterior margins bilobed, the postero-lateral 

 margins convex. Mesonotum as broad as or broader than the 

 pronotum, anterior margin curving into a postero-lateral corner, 

 the posterior margin lobed. The metanotum is shorter than the 

 mesonotum and has a straight instead of a lobed posterior margin. 

 The femora reach nearly to the apex of the abdomen. The 

 abdominal papillae are well developed. The smaller soldier 

 11"5 mm. long. Head 3*4 mm, long, 3 mm. broad. Mandibles 

 2'4 mm. long. 



Workers 8 mm. long, castaneous above. Head various in size 

 np to 2'8 mm. broad. A transparent spot in the position of the 

 compound eye. Fenestra large. Antennae of 18 segments. 

 Epistoma prominent. Thorax narrow. Abdomen with a high 

 dorsal arch. 



Singapore ; Malacca ; Siam ; (Borneo ?). 



