408 MR. G. D. HAVILAND ON TEEMITES. 



margins of tbe head. Pronotum short, saddle-shaped, the 

 convex anterior margin raised, scarcely lobed, the lateral angles 

 not depressed. Hind legs exceeding the abdomen. Abdomen 

 ovoid, as broad as the head, dorsum arched, the intestinal 

 contents dark. Abdominal papillae absent. 



Worker 4 mm. long. Head pale. Antennae of 14 segments. 

 Fenestra absent. Epistoma convex, prominent. Abdomen dark 

 from intestinal contents. 



Hah. Malay Peainsula (Singapore); Borneo (Sarawak), (Mt. 

 Lambir). Type, No. 469. 



Teemes dentatus, n. sp. (PL 24. figs. 45-48.) 



Male 6 mm. long, subeastaneous above, mesonotum and meta- 

 notum paler, beneath subumbrinous. Head ovate, the ocelli 

 separated from the eyes by half a diameter. Fenestra absent. 

 The antennae of 14 segments, the 2nd slightly longer than tlie 

 4th, but shorter than the 3rd. Epistoma scarcely prominent. 

 Pronotum with straight anterior margin, antero-lateral angles 

 rounded, depressed, the postero-lateral margins converging, the 

 posterior margin broadly lobed. Mesonotum and metanotum 

 with the posterior margins narrow and somewhat acutely lobed. 

 The anterior wing-stumps but little larger than the posterior. 

 "Wing 8 mm. long, umbrinous, the subcostal nerve stout ; the 

 median runs much nearer the submedian and the subcostal, it 

 reaches the apex of the Aviug and gives two offsets ; the sub- 

 median reaches to an eighth of the apex and gives about 7 off- 

 sets. The hind legs reach to the 6th abdominal segment. 

 Abdominal papillae absent. 



Female with the ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment 

 not half as long as broad, the posterior margin broadly rounded, 

 with two small pale spots near the middle. In the queen the 

 abdomen reaches a length of 25 mm., it is much distended ; 

 secondary chitinization absent, the lateral cuticle with well- 

 marked pigment-spots and short hairs. 



Soldier 5 mm. long. Head 1'2 mm. broad, ochraceous, 

 convex in front above the level of the antennae. Antennae of 

 14 segments, tbe 2nd longer than the 4th, subequal to the 3rd. 

 Labrum ovate, reaching to a third of the mandibles. Mandibles 

 •7 mm. long, strongly incurved, with piercing-tip, the cuttiug- 

 margin with a narrow transverse tooth about the middle. Gula 

 oblong, nearly twice as long as broad, firmly united to the head. 



