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MK. O. D. HAVILAND OK TERMITES. 



Pemale with the 7th ventral plate 1-3 mm. long, 3-2 mm. broad. 

 The abdomen of the queen enlarging to a length of 50 mm. 



Soldiers : the larger 10 mm. long ; head 3-3 mm. long, 2-9 mm. 

 broad, ferruginous. An obscure white spot in the position of the 

 eye. Fenestra perforated. Antennae of 17 segments, the 3rd not 

 twice as long as the 2nd. Labrum ovate, tip white, obtuse, 

 reaching to the middle of the mandibles. Mandibles I'S mm., 

 long, tip incurved, cutting-margin toothless. Gula -8 mm. broad, 

 nearly uniform. Pronotum with the anterior and posterior 

 margins lobed, the lateral margins rounded. Mesonotum and 



Se^^'tion of nest of Termes malayanus, drawn from a photograph taken in 



Sarawak. The nest was about 6 feet high. 



c. Queen's cell, surrounded by delicate laminre of clay. f. Fungus-beds, 



occupying irregular cavities throughout the periphery of the nest. 



metanotum as broad as the pronotum, the lateral margins rounded 

 and directed slightly backward. Hind femora exceeding the 

 apexof the abdomeo. Dorsum of abdomen glabrous. Abdominal 

 papillae minute. The smaller soldier 5 mm. long. Head 2 mm. 

 long, 1*7 mm. broad. Mandibles 1"5 mm. long. Pronotum 

 1'3 mm. broad. 



