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TeRMES MALACCE^rsiS, n. sp. 



Soldiers : tlie larger 12 mm. long ; head ferruginous, thorax 

 and abdomen ochroleucous. Head 4 mm. long, 3"7 mm. broad, 

 triangular-ovate. A small pale spot in the posifcioa of the com- 

 pound eyes. Fenestra minute. Antennae of 17 segments, the 

 3rd more than twice as long as the 2nd, which is short. Labrurn 

 obovate-oblong, with acuminate white tips reaching beyond the 

 middle of the mandibles. Mandibles 2-7 mm. long, witli incurved 

 piercing-tip and toothless cutting-margin. Gula "7 ram. broad 

 in the middle, broader in the upper third. Pronotum with bilobed 

 anterior margin, the lateral margins nearly straight, rapidly 

 converging, the posterior margin nearly straight. Mesouotum 

 narrower than the pronotum, the anterior and posterior margins 

 curving to meet at an angle. The metanotum nearly as broad 

 as the pronotum, theanterior margin curving sharply, the posterior 

 margin slowly, to meet at a postero-lateral angle. Posterior 

 femora exceeding the abdomen. The dorsal surface of the abdomen 

 with numerous long hairs. Abdominal papillae well developed. 

 The smaller soldier 8 mm. long. Head 2"6 mm. long, 2*4 mm. 

 broad. Mandibles 2 mm. long. 



Worker 8 ram. long. Head 2*5 mm. broad, latericious. 

 Antennas of 18 segments. Dorsum of abdomen mucli arched. 



Hab. Malacca. Type, No. 503. 



Termes malatanus, n. sp. 



Male 14 mm. long. Castaneous above, latericious below ; the 

 epistoma, a moth-shaped mark on the pronotum, the anterior 

 half of themesonotura and metanotum testaceous, legs ochraceous. 

 Ocelli large, separated from the eyes by half a diameter. Fenestra 

 small. Antennae of 19 segments, the 3rd not twice as long as 

 the 2nd. Epistoma prominent. Pronotum with slightly concave 

 posterior margin ; postero-lateral margins slightly rounded, con- 

 verging, posterior margin bilobed. Anterior wing-t^tumps but 

 little larger than the posterior. Wings 25 mm. by 7 mm., 

 fulvous ; a line of deeper colour runs contiguous and parallel to 

 the subcostal in the distal half of the wing; the median is at 

 first midway between the subcostal and subraedian, but soon 

 becomes nearer to the latter, it branches at or a little beyond the 

 middle of the wing, and once or twice again ; there or 6 or 7 

 thick oifsets from the subraedian, and 4 or 5 branched slender 

 oifisets. Hind legs exceeding the abdomen. The abdominal 

 papillae small, their basal areas confluent. 



