424 ME. G. D. HATILAKD OK TERMITES. 



"Worker 6 mm. long. Head subcastaneous, the dorsal plates 

 of the abdomen fuliginous. Antennse of 15 segments. A-suture 

 well marked. Epistoma scarcely prominent. Abdomen large,. 

 with the dorsum much arched. 



Hob. Borneo (Sarawak). Type, No. 427. 



Teemes ovipennis, n. sp. 



Male 7 mm. long, above castaneous, the mesonotum and 

 metanotum testaceous, below umbrinous. Head ovate. Ocelli 

 large, distant, 1 diameter from the eyes. Fenestra small,- 

 round. Antennse of 15 segments, the 2nd and 3rd subequal. 

 Epistoma scarcely prominent. Pronotum 1'2 mm. broad ; the 

 anterior margin slightly concave, antero-lateral angles rounded, 

 depressed, postero-lateral margins straight, converging; the 

 posterior margin lobed. Mesonotum and metanotum with the 

 posterior margins lobed, the lobes obtusely pointed. Wings 

 11"5 mm. long, fuliginous ; the subcostal nerve rather broad and 

 with a yellow stain along its posterior border ; the median runs 

 much nearer the submedian than the subcostal, it reaches the 

 apex of the wing, near to which it gives an offset ; the submedian 

 reaches to about a tenth of the apex of the wing and gives about 

 10 offsets. The hind legs reach to the apex of the abdomen.- 

 Abdominal papillae absent. 



Eemale with the ventral plate of the 7th segment of the 

 abdomen not half as long as broad, the posterior margin concave 

 towards the sides, convex in the middle. 



Soldier 4 mm. long. Head 1 mm. broad, ochraceous. 

 Antennae of 14 segments, the 3rd a little longer than the 2nd. 

 Rostrum somewhat slender. Mandible rudimentary. Grula as 

 long as broad. Pronotum saddle-shaped, very short. Posterior 

 femora reaching to the 7th abdominal segment. Abdomen 

 elongate ovate, the plates but little chitinized. Abdominal 

 papillae absent. 



"Worker 4 mm. long. Head ochroleucous. Antennae of 14 

 segments. 



Rah. Borneo (Sarawak). Type, No. 348. 



Section with Termes regularisyor Type. 

 Male with antennae of 14 segments. 



Soldier 3 to 4 mm. long. Head 1 mm. broad or less, ochraceous, 

 Antennse of 12 or 13 segments. Eostrum slender. Mandible 



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