438 ME. G. D. HAYILAND ON TEKMITES. 



slightly convex and prominent. Pronotum more than half as long 

 as broad, the anterior margin straight, the antero-lateral angles 

 depressed, rounded ; the postero-lateral margins straight. Meso- 

 notum and metanotum with the posterior margins broad, slightly 

 concave. Anterior wing-stumps slightly larger than the posterior. 

 Wings 14 mm. long, umbrinous ; the subcostal is broad and fuli- 

 ginous, and has a yellow stain along its posterior border ; the 

 median nerve runs near and parallel to the submedian,it becomes 

 faint and disappears in the apical third of the wing ; the sub- 

 median has 14 offsets, it reaches to the apex of the wing but 

 becomes very faint. Hind legs much exceeding the abdomen. 

 Abdominal papillae absent. 



Female with the ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment 

 half as long as broad, the postero-lateral margins slightly concave. 

 The abdomen of the queen reaches a length of 20 mm. ; the 

 secondary chitinization is strong and well defined ; the lateral 

 cuticle of the abdomen has minute pigment-spots and hairs. 



Soldier 4 mm . long. Head and thorax dark castaneous, abdomen 

 isabelline. Head 1 mm. broad. Antennse 3*5 mm. long, of 14 

 segments, the 3rd three times as long as the 2nd, the others 

 decreasing towards the apex. Eostrum slender, its anterior 

 surface making a marked curve with the anterior surface of the 

 head. Gula not so long as broad. Pronotum saddle-shaped, the 

 anterior lobe not much raised. Posterior femora not much 

 exceeding the abdomen. Abdomen ovoid, the dorsal plates 

 arched. Abdominal papillae absent. 



"Worker 4 mm. long; fuliginous, the head black. Antennse 

 of 16 segments. Posterior femora reaching to the 8th segment 

 of the abdomen. Abdomen ovoid, laterally compressed, the 

 dorsum much arched. 



Nests of this species generally occupy the centre of nests of 

 T. comis, and have large entrances situated at the upper part. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak) ; Malay Peninsula (Singapore). 

 Type, No. 304. 



Teemes eupus, n. sp. 



Soldier 3'5 mm. long. Head testaceous, darker on the vertex, 

 thorax subtestaceous ; abdomen fuliginous, tibiae ochraeeous. 

 Head 1 mm. broad. Antennae 2*5 mm. long, of 14 segments, the 

 3rd more than twice as long as the 2nd; the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 

 7th subequal to the 3rd, the others decreasing in length towards 



