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Soldier 4"5 mm. long. Head ovate. Antennpe of 14 seg- 

 ments, the 2ad longer than the 4fch, the 3rd variable iu length. 

 Labrum entire, ovate, not reaching to the middle of tiie 

 mandibles. Mandibles strong, incurved, with pierciog-tip, the 

 cutting-margin with or without a strong tooth. Grula broad and 

 short. Pronotum short, saddle-shaped. 



Worker 4 mm. long. Head small. Antennas of 14 segments. 

 Fenestra absent. Epistoraa convex and prominent. Thorax 

 narrower than the head. Abdomen large, ovoid, coloured by the 

 intestinal contents. 



Termes mirabilis, n. sp. 



Male 5 5 mm. long, stout, subisabelline, head and pronotum 

 umbriuous, beneath pale. Head ovate. Ocelli approximated to 

 the eyes, which are large. Fenestra absent. Antennae of 

 15 segments, the 3rd subequal to but longer than the 2nd, the 

 4th shorter than the 2nd. Epistoma scarcely prominent. Pro- 

 notum with straight anterior margin, the antero-Iateral angles 

 sharply rounded, slightly depressed, the lateral margins con- 

 verging, convex, the posterior margin bilobed. The posterior 

 margins of the mesonotum and metanotum rather acutely lobed. 

 Anterior wing-stumps a little larger than the posterior. Wings 

 8'5 mrn. long, 2"5 mm. broad, pa]e umbrinous, hairy ; the median 

 runs much nearer the submedian than the subcostal, it reaches 

 the apex of the wing, and gives one offset in the apical fifth of 

 the wing ; the submedian reaches to the apical tenth of the wing 

 and gives about 8 oiFsets. The hind legs reach to the apex of the 

 abdomen. The aljdomen broad. Abdominal papillae absent. 



Female with the ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment 

 half as long as broad, its posterior portion uniformly rounded. 

 The abdomen of the queen, reaches a length of 18 ram., it is much 

 distended ; secondary chitinization almost absent ; the lateral 

 cuticle of the abdomen without pigment, but with very minute 

 hairs. 



Soldier 5'5 mm. long. Head 1-3 mm. broad, ovate, ochro- 

 leucous. Antennae of 14 segments, the 2nd shorter than the 

 3rd, longer than the 4th. Labrum ovate, short, not reaching to 

 a quarter of the length of the mandibles. Mandibles 1 mm. 

 long, rather broad in the broad part, the piercing-tip sharply 

 incurved, the cutting-margin toothless, but with two or three 

 serrations near the base. Gula ovate, not sunk between the 



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