402 ME. G. D. HAVILAND ON TERMITES. 



Anterior wing-stumps slightly larger than the posterior. Wings 

 ■7"4 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, hairy, umbrinous ; the very faint 

 median runs nearer the submedian than the subcostal, and 

 reaches the apex o£ the wing, giving one offset ; the faint sub- 

 median reaches to an eighth of the apex of the wing and gives 

 eight offsets. The hind legs do not nearly reach the apex of 

 the abdomen. The abdominal papillae very minute. 



Pemale with the ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment half 

 as long as broad. The abdomen of the queen reaches a length of 

 .30 mm. ; the lateral cuticle has small pigment-spots and hairs. 



Soldier 6 mm. long. Head 1-7 mm. long, 1-1 mm. broad, 

 latericius. xlntennse of 13 segQients, the 2nd larger than the 

 3rd, which is small. Labrum ovate, reaching to one third of the 

 mandibles. Mandibles 1 mm. long, slender, curved, especially 

 near the tips, the cutting-margin minutely serrate. Pronotum 

 saddle-shaped, the anterior portion bilobed, raised. Hind legs 

 reaching to the end of the abdomen. Abdomen oblong. Abdo- 

 minal papillae minute. 



Worker 4*5 mm. long. Head pale or subcastaneous. Antennae 

 of 13 segments. The abdomen coloured by the intestinal contents. 



Hob. Borneo ; Sulu Islands ; Celebes. Type, No. 578. 



Teemes dubius, n. sp. (PI. 24. figs. 38-41.) 



Male 5*5 mm. long, slender, castaneous above, fuliginous 

 below. Head ovate. Ocelli separated from the eyes by less 

 tlian a diameter. Fenestra absent. Antennae of 14 segments, 

 the 2nd large, the 3rd veiy small, the others increasing somewhat 

 towards the apex. Epistoma slightly prominent and convex. 

 Pronotum subsemilunar, the anterior margin nearly straight, 

 slightly everted, the antero-lateral corners rounded, slightly 

 deflexed. The mesonotum and metanotum with the posterior 

 margins short and concave. Front wing-stumps a little larger 

 than the hind ones. Wings 7 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, fuli- 

 ginous, hairy; the faint median runs nearer the submedian 

 than the subcostal, it reaches the apex of the wing, and gives one 

 or two offsets in the apical quarter ; the submedian is faint, it 

 reaches to an eighth from the apex of the wing and gives about 

 ^ offsets. The hind legs do not reach the apex of the abdomen. 

 Abdominal papillae minute. 



Female with the ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment 

 half as long as broad, the posterior margin obscurely lobed. The 



