404 ME. G. D. HAVILAND ON TEBMITES. 



narrow in the basal third, broadening towards the apes. Pro- 

 notum small, saddle-shaped ; the anterior portion much elevated,- 

 the posterior portion short. Hind legs not reaching to the end 

 of the abdomen. Abdominal papillae very minute. 



Worker 3"5 mm. long. Head ochroleucous. Antennae of 13 

 segments, the 2nd larger than the 3rd, which is small. Abdomen 

 oblong, coloured by the intestinal contents. 



Hah. Borneo. Type, No. 364. 



Teemes paetits, n. sp. 



Male 4"5 mm. long, slender, castaneous above, tarsi pale, 

 ventral plates of abdomen fuliginous at the sides, pale in the 

 middle. Head ovate. Eyes and ocelli small, ocelli separated 

 from the eyes by more than a diameter. Fenestra absent. 

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

 short, the others increasing a little in size towards the apex, 

 Epistoma slightly convex and prominent. Pronotum with 

 anterior margin nearly straight, the antero-lateral corners 

 deflexed, lateral margins rounded, converging into the obscurely 

 lobed posterior margin. Mesonotum and metanotum with 

 posterior margins short and nearly straight. Eront wing-stumps 

 but little larger than the hind ones. "Wing 6 mm. long, 1-6 mm. 

 broad, pale umbrinous ; the median nerve is faint, it runs much 

 nearer the submedian than the subcostal, it reaches the apex of 

 the wing and bifurcates a little before the end ; the submedian is 

 faint, it reaches to one-eighth from the apex of the wing, and 

 has 9 or 10 offsets. The hind legs reach to the 5th segment of 

 the abdomen. Abdominal papillae very minute. 



Female with the ventral plate of tlje 7th segment large, semi- 

 circular, with two small posterior lobes. The abdomen of the 

 queen 10 mm. long, rather narrow. 



Soldier 4 mm. long. Head 1*3 mm. long, '8 mm. broad,, 

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

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

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

 slender, straight in the basal part, curved towards the tip, cutting- 

 margin minutely serrate. Grula long, a little broader in the apical 

 half. Pronotum saddle-shaped; the anterior portion short. 

 Abdomen oblong, coloured by the intestinal contents. Hind 

 legs not reaching to the end of the abdomen. Abdominal papillae 

 very minute. 



