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Thorax narrow. Pronotum saddle-shaped, the anterior portion 

 short, much elevated, convex. The hind legs do not reach to 

 the apex of the abdomen. The abdomen fusiform, coloured by 

 the intestinal contents. Abdominal papillae absent. 



Worker 4!"5 mm. long. Head small, pale. Antennae of 

 14 segments. Fenestra absent. Epistoma convex, prominent. 

 Abdomen large, coloured by the intestinal contents. 



Hah. Borneo (Sarawak;, (Marudi). Type, No. 535. 



TeRMES &LOBOSUS, n. sp. 



Male 4'5 mm. long, dark castaneous. Head ovate. Ocelli 

 separated from the eyes by less than a diameter. Fenestra 

 absent. Antennae of 15 segments, the 3rd. very short, the 2nd 

 longer than the 4th or 5th. Epistoma scarcely prominent. 

 Pronotum with the anterior margin straight, slightly raised, the 

 antero-lateral corners scarcely depressed, the posterior margin 

 shortly lobed. Mesonotum and metanotum with the posterior 

 margins nearly straight. Anterior wing-stumps somewhat 

 larger than the posterior. Wings 7*5 mm. long, the subcostal 

 nerve thick ; the niedian runs much nearer the submedian than 

 the subcostal, it reaches the apex of the wing and branches in 

 the apical third ; the submedian reaches to a sixth from the apex 

 of the wing and has about 9 offsets. The hind legs reach to 

 the 5th segment of the abdomen. Abdominal papillae absent. 



Female with the ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment 

 quite half as long as broad, the posterior margin obscurely 

 lobed. 



Soldier 3'5 mm. long. Head 1 mm. broad, subglobose, 

 fulvous. Antennae of 14 segment?, the 2nd long, the 3rd and 

 4th very short. Labrum ovate, reaching to a third of the length 

 of the mandibles. Mandibles "8 mm. long, much curved, with 

 sharp piercing-tips, the cutting-margin with a strong barb-like 

 tooth about the middle. Gula very short, scarcely longer than 

 broad. Pronotum saddle-shaped, the anterior lobe laised, not 

 bilobed. Hind, legs reaching to the end of the abdomen. 

 Abdomen white, subglobose. Abdominal papillae absent. 



Worker 4 mm. long. Head ochroleucous. Antennae of 

 14 segments. Epistoma a little prominent. Abdomen fusiform, 

 coloni'ed by the intestinal contents. 



Hah. Borneo (Mt. Lambir). Collected by C. Hose, Esq. 



