420 MR. G. D. HA.YILVND OS TER\tETES. 



Teemes eoraminipee. (PL 25. figs, 65-68.) 



Male 5 mm. long, slender, fuHginous, legs and antenise 

 paler. Head ovate. Ocelli approximated to the eyes. Fenestra 

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

 Epistoma convex. Pronotum with anterior margin nearly 

 straight, posterior margin lobed. Anterior wing-stumps a little 

 larger than the posterior. Wings 6'o mm. long, hairy ; the 

 median runs very close to the submedian, it reaches the apex of 

 the wing, and gives two or three offsets; the submedian gives 

 6 or 7 offsets. The hind legs do not reach the apex of the 

 abdomen. The abdominal papillae absent. 



Eemale with the ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment 

 not half as long as broad. The lateral cuticle of the abdomen 

 has small scattered pigment-spots. 



Soldier 4 mm. long. Head 1*2 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, 

 ochroleucous, with a minute median foramen a little above the 

 level of the base of the antennae. Antennae of 13 segments, the 

 2nd and 3rd subequal in length, the 4th longer, tbose beyond 

 subequal to the 4th. Labrum small, white, with minute acute 

 diverging lobes. Mandibles 1"3 mm. long, flat, linear, bent, the 

 left more so than the right, being arched in the basal half. Grula 

 oblong, uniformly broad. Pronotum saddle-shaped, the anterior 

 lobe short, but much elevated. Hind legs exceeding the abdomen. 

 Abdominal papillae absent. 



Worker 3'5 mm. long. Head pale. Antennae of 13 segments. 

 Epistoma convex. Abdomen ovoid, dark from intestinal contents. 



Sah. Malay Peninsula (Perak) ; Borneo (Sarawak). Type, 

 No. 114. 



Section with Termes atripennis/or T^pe. 



Male 5 to 10 mm. long. Antennae of 15 to 17 segments. 

 Epistoma convex and prominent. Anterior wing-stumps a little 

 larger than the posterior. Wings with the median nerve much 

 nearer to the submedian than the subcostal. Abdominal papillae 

 absent. 



Soldier 3 to 5 mm. long. Head subaurantiacous. Eostrum 

 stout. Antennae of 14 segments, the sixth ovate. Mandibles 

 rudimentary. Grula not so long as broad. Pronotum saddle- 

 shaped, the anterior lobe short, but much elevated. Hind 

 femora reaching to the 7th segment of the abdomen. Abdominal 

 papillae absent. 



