MR. Q. D. HAVILAND ON TERMITES. 



415 



Termes setiger, n. sp. (PI. 25. figs. 57-60.) 



Male 4"5 mm. long, fuliginous above, the mesoBotum, meta- 

 notum, and the underparts pale umbrinous. Head ovate. 

 Ocelli separated from the eyes by less than a diameter. Fenestra 

 minute. A. pair of pale spots seated near the inner and lower 

 margin of the ocelli. Antennae of 14 segments, the 2nd longer 

 than the 3rd. Epistoma convex. Pronotum with straight 

 anterior margin and distinctly lobed posterior margin. The 

 posterior margins of the mesonotum and metanotum narrow, 

 with the appearance of a deep median fissure. Anterior wing- 

 stumps a little larger than tlie posterior. 



Female with the ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment 

 nearly half as long as broad, the posterior margin rounded, in 

 the middle obscurely lobed. The abdomen of the queen reaches 

 a length of 20 mm. ; the lateral cuticle of the abdomen is pigment- 

 spotted. 



Soldier 5 mm. long. Head 1*5 mm. long, -8 mm. broad, 

 ochroleucous. Antennae of 14 segments, the 2nd subequal to 

 the 3rd, the 4th shorter, then lengthening to the 8th, which is 

 nearly twice as long as broad, the others shortening to the 

 apical segment. Labrura small, white, with two minute acute 

 diverging lobes. Mandibles 1*8 mm. long, slender, setiform, at 

 the base directed somewhat upward and inward, then curving 

 somewhat downwards. Gula elongate and imrrow, broadening 

 gradually and slightly towards the apex. Pronotum shortly 

 saddle-shaped, with short elevated anterior lobe. Hind legs 

 much exceeding the abdomen. Abdomen white. Abdominal 

 papillae absent. 



"Worker 3 mm. long- Head pale. Epistoma convex. An- 

 tennae of 14 segments. Abdomen elongate ovate, the dorsum 

 somewhat arched ; coloured by the intestinal contents. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarav\ak), (Marudi). Type, No. 343. 



Termes minutus, n. sp. 



Male absent. 



Soldier 3'5 mm. long. Head 1 mm. long, 7 mm. broad, ochro- 

 leucous. Antennae of 14 segments, the 2ad longer than the 3i'd 

 or 4th, the others increasing to the 8th, which is not quite twice 

 as long as broad. Labrum white, small, with two minute acute 

 diverging lobes. Mandibles 1'2 mm. long, setiform, at the base 

 directed somewhat inward and upward, the left curved slightly 



