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Soldier 4*5 mm. long, slender. Head 1-2 mm. broad, red- 

 testaceous. Antennae with the 3rd segment longer than the 2nd, 

 the 6th ovate. Eostrum conical. Mandibles rudimentary. Grula 

 half as long as broad. Pronotum saddle-shaped, the elevated 

 anterior portion very short. Posterior femora reaching to the 

 7th abdoaiinal segment. Abdomen oblong, the dorsal surface 

 somewhat arched. Abdominal papillae absent. 



Worker 4'5 mm. long. Head testaceous. Antennae of 15 

 segments. Hind legs reaching nearly to the apex of the abdomen. 

 Abdomen ovoid, the dorsum arched. 



The spirit in which these specimens were first placed became 

 coloured red. The nest was on the trunk of a live tree. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). Type, No. 446. 



Teemes ateipejstnis, n. sp. 



Male 9 mm. long, fuliginous, mesonotum, metanotum, and 

 the parts below umbrinous. Head ovate. Ocelli separated from 

 the eyes by a diameter. Fenestra as large and distinct as an 

 ocellus. Antennae of 15 segments, the 3rd but little larger 

 than the 2nd. Epistoma but slightly convex and prominent. 

 Pronotum 1*5 ram. broad, subtriangular, the angles rounded. 

 Mesonotum and metanotum with the posterior margins broad 

 and markedly concave. Wings 22 mm. long, fuliginous ; the 

 subcostal nerve broad ; the median runs near and parallel to 

 the submedian, it is slender, reaches the apex of the wing, and 

 gives several branches in the apical half; the submedian gives 

 8 oflFsets and reaches to a third from the apex of the wing. 



Female with the ventral plate of the 7th segment half as long 

 as broad. The abdomen of the queen reaches to a length of 

 18 mm. ; secondary chitinization is well marked ; the lateral 

 cuticle of the abdomen has numerous small pigment-spots and 

 hairs. 



Soldier 5*5 mm. long. Head 1'5 mm. broad, fulvous. 

 Antennae of 14 segments, the 2nd and 3rd subequal, much 

 smaller than the 4th, the 6th ovate. Eostrum large, conical. 

 Mandibles rudimentary. Grula not so long as broad. Pronotum 

 saddle-shaped, the anterior elevated portion very short. Pro- 

 notum, mesonotum, and metanotum fulvous, the dorsal plates 

 of the abdomen fuliginous, arched. Posterior femora reach 

 to the 7th segment of the abdomen. Abdominal papillae 

 absent. 



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