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margins narrow and with small acute lobes. Wing with the 

 median nerve faint, running nearer to the submedian than the 

 subcostal, and branching 3 or 4 times in the apical half of the 

 wing. Abdominal papillae ab-sent. 



Soldier 6 mm. long. Head 1'5 mm. broad, with large median 

 rounded protuberance above the level of the antennae. Antennae 

 of 14 (often 15) segments, the 2nd longer than the 3rd. Labrum 

 with two long diverging lobes reaching to a third of the length 

 of the mandibles. Mandibles slender, tapering gradually from 

 the base, moderately curved, the cutting-margin toothless. 

 Pronotum saddle-shaped. Abdomen ovoid acute. Abdominal 

 papillae absent. 



To this section belongs T. destructor. 



Teemes EiLOBATUS, u. sp. (PL 24. figs. 49-5-2.) 



Male 5*5 mm. long, stout, dark castaneous, tarsi umbrinous. 

 Head ovate. Eyes prominent. Ocelli separated from the eyes 

 by a diameter. Fenestra present. Antennae of 15 segments, the 

 2nd large, the 3rd and 4th small. Epistoma convex and pro- 

 minent. Pronotum 1 mm. broad, semilunar, the anterior margin 

 slightly concave, the antero-lateral corners rather sharp, sh'ghtly 

 depressed. The posterior borders of the mesonotum and meta- 

 notum very narrow, shortly but acutely lobed. Anterior wing- 

 stumps subequal to the posterior. Wings 11'5 mm. long ; the 

 median, which is faint, runs nearer the submedian than the sub- 

 costal ; it reaches the apes of the wing and gives off two or three 

 branches in the apical half ; the submedian reaches to a third 

 from the apex of the wing and has 8 offsets. The hind legs reach 

 to the apex of the abdomen. The abdominal papillae are absent. 



Eemale with the ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment 

 half as long as "broad, the postero-lateral margins meeting in the 

 middle to form a rounded obtuse angle. The abdomen of the 

 queen reaches to 15 mm., and is not much distended. 



Soldier 6"5 mm. long. Head 1"5 mm. broad, aurantiacous, 

 oblong ; there is a large median rounded protuberance just above 

 the level of the antennae. Antennae of 14 segments, the 2nd 

 somewhat longer than the 3rd or 4th. Labrum with two long 

 diverging lobes which reach to a third of the length of the 

 mandibles. Mandibles 1*5 mm. long, rather slender, and tapering 

 gradually to the tip, curved slightly at the base, but more so 

 towards the apex, the cutting-margin toothless. Grula oblong, 



