416 ME. a. D. HAVILAND ON TERMITES. 



downward. Grula broader towards the apex than at the base. 

 Pronotum short, saddle-shaped, the anterior lobe short, but much 

 elevated. Hind legs much exceeding the abdomen. Abdomen 

 white. Abdominal papilla? absent. 



Worker 3 mm, long. Head pale. Antennae of 14 segments, 

 Epistoma convex. Abdomen oblong, coloured by the intestinal 

 contents. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). Type, No. 570. 



Section loith Termes comis for Type. 



Male 5 to 7 mm. long. Ocelli almost in contact with the 

 eyes. Antennae of 15 segments, the 2nd as long as or longer than 

 the 3rd. Fenestra minute. Epistoma convex. Pronotum with 

 straight anterior margin. Anterior wing-stumps a little larger 

 than the posterior. Posterior margins of the mesonotum and 

 metanotum obtusely lobed. Abdominal papillae absent. 



Soldier 4 to 5 mm. long. Head with a broad pointed horn 

 projecticg from the front just above the level of the insertion 

 of the antennae. Antennae of 14 segments, the 2nd as long 

 or longer than the 3rd or 4th, the 8th segment not longer 

 than those beyond it. Labrum small, white, with two minute 

 acute diverging lobes. Mandibles setiform. Pronotum saddle- 

 shaped. Hind legs not reaching to the end of the abdomen. 

 Abdomen coloured by the intestinal contents. Abdominal 

 papillae absent. 



Teemes kostrattjs, n. sp. 



Male 4-5 mm. long, latericious above, pale umbriuous below. 

 Plead ovate. Ocelli nearly in contact with the eyes. Fenestra 

 narrow. Antennae of 15 segments, the 3rd very short, the 4th 

 subequal to the 2ud. Epistoma convex. Pronotum semilunar, 

 with nearly straight anterior margin and rounded antero-lateral 

 corners. The posterior margins of mesonotum and metanotum 

 distinctly lobed. The anterior wing-stumps slightly larger than 

 the posterior. Wing 5"5 mm. long ; the median nerve runs nearer 

 the submedian than the subcostal, and reaches the apex of the 

 wing ; the submedian reaches the apex of the wing and gives 

 about 9 offsets. The chitinous plates are separated by cuticle 

 even in the imago. Abdominal papillae absent. 



Female with the ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment 

 nearly half as long as broad, the middle of the posterior margin 



