MR. G. D. HAVILAND ON" TEEMITES. 403 



abdomen of the queen readies 25 mm., the lateral cuticle with 

 minute pigment-spots and hairs. 



Soldier 4*5 mm. long. Head ochraceous, 1*4 mm. long, 1mm. 

 broad. Antennae of 13 segments, the 2nd longer than the 3rd. 

 Labrum reaching to a fifth of the length of the mandibles. Man- 

 dibles 1"1 mm. long, slender, curved through their whole length ; 

 the cutting-margin minutely serrate. Grula long, slightly broader 

 in the apical half. Pronotum saddle-shaped, very short. Hind 

 legs reaching to the end of the abdomen. Abdominal papillae 

 very minute. 



"Worker 4 mm. long. Head ochroleucous. Antennae of 13 

 segments, the 3rd and 4th very short. The abdomen oblong, 

 discoloured by the intestinal contents. 



Sab. Borneo. Type, No. 577. 



Teemes sereatus, n. sp. 



Female 5'5 mm. long, slender, castaneous above, fuliginous 

 below, tarsi pale. Head ovate. Eyes and ocelli moderately large^ 

 separated by half the diameter of an ocellus. Fenestra absent. 

 Antennae of 14 segments, the 2nd longer than the 3rd, which is 

 very small, the others subglobose, increasing considerably in size 

 towards the apex. Epistoma slightly convex and prominent. 

 Pronotum with the anterior margin nearly straight, slightly 

 •everted, antero-lateral corners scarcely deflexed ; lateral margins 

 nearly straight, converging into the distinctly concave posterior 

 margin. Mesonotum and metanotum with the posterior margin, 

 short, but deeply concave. Anterior wing-stumps but little 

 larger than the posterior. Wings 7*2 mm. long, 1*8 mm. broad, 

 hairy, pale umbrinous ; a stain behind the subcostal ; the median 

 rather faint, it runs to the apex of the wing and gives one offset 

 at a quarter from the apex, and a second further on ; the sub- 

 median, rather faint, gives 11 offsets. Hind legs reach to the 

 6th segment of the abdomen. Ventral plate of the 7th segment 

 half as long as broad, the posterior margin obscurely lobed 

 -towards the middle. 



Soldier 4*5 mm. long. Head 1'6 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, 

 ochraceous. Antennae of 13 segments, the 2nd longer tlian the 

 .3rd, which is very short. Labrum ovate obtuse, reaching to a 

 third of the length of the mandibles. Mandibles "8 mm. long, 

 slightly curved, especially towards the tips ; the cutting-margin 

 minutely serrate, especially on the left. Grula rather long, 



