394. ME. G. 3). HATILAND OS TERMITES. 



firmly united to the head, narrowest at the end of the basal 

 quarter, then broadening. Pronotum '7 mm. long, I'l mm. 

 broad, the anterior margin convex, the lateral margins sharply 

 curved, the posterior margin broadly lobed ; mesonotum as broad 

 as the pronotum, with rounded lateral margins ; metanotum 

 rather broader. Hind legs much exceeding the abdomen, the 

 femora reaching to the 8th abdominal segment. Abdominal 

 papillae present, small. The smaller soldier 4 mm, long, ochro- 

 leucous. Head 1 mm. long, '9 mm. broad, ovate. Antennae usually 

 of 16 segments, the 3rd longer than the 2nd. A minute foramen 

 above the epistoma, from which a shallow groove leads to the tip 

 of the labrum. Labrum slightly exceeding the mandibles, bi- 

 lobed at the tip. Mandibles -7 mm. long, slender, tip incurved,- 

 margin with small forward-pointing teeth beyond the middle, 

 two on the left and one on the right side. Gula nearly uni- 

 formly broad. Pronotum '7 mm. broad. 



Worker 5 mm. long ; head white, thorax narrow, abdomen 

 oblong. Antennae of 16 to 17 segments. Hind legs not reaching. 

 to the end of the abdomen. 



Sab. Borneo (Sarawak). Type, No. 174. 



Termes teansluceks, n. sp. (PI. 23. figs. 23-26.) 

 Male 9 mm. long, testaceous above, below paler, wing-stumps 

 pale fulvous. Head ovate, somewhat less broad than in T. brevi- 

 alatus. In profile the epistoma is seen to project forward in 

 the plane of the front surface of the head, beyond the base of the 

 labrum, which it overhangs. Ocelli separated by a distance of 

 one diameter from the eyes, which are larger than in T. brevi- 

 alatus. There is a small median foramen, from which a shallow 

 groove runs to the end of the overhanging epistoma. Antennae 

 of 20 segments, the 3rd longer than the 2nd. Pronotum 1 mm. 

 long, 1"7 mm. broad, transversely oblong, the postero-lateral 

 corners more rounded than the antero-lateral ; mesonotam and 

 metanotum with the posterior borders nearly straight, not lobed. 

 Anterior wing-stumps much larger than the posterior, and 

 covering them at the base. Wing 10 mm. long, 3'5 mm. broad,, 

 translucent in water, pale when dry. The costal and subcostal 

 almost colourless ; the median, submedian, and their branches are 

 mere corrugations of the wing-membrane ; there is an intervening 

 network ; the median is midway between the submedian and 

 subcostal, it branches 3 or 4 times, the first branch is beyond the 



