272 1'he Philippine Journal of Science 1913 



Order ISOPTERA 



Family PROTERMITID^ Holmgren 



Subfamily TERMOPSIN^S Holmgren 



Genus HODOTERMOPSIS Holmgren 



1. Hodotermopsis japonicus Holmgren. 



Hodotermopsis japonicus Holmgren, Annot. Zool. Jap. (1912), 8, 112. 



Locality. — Type specimens (Watase coll.) from Amami- 

 Oshima, an island south of Kyushyu. 



Subfamily CALOTERMITIN^4E Holmgren 



Genus CALOTERMES Hagen 



2. Calotermes (subg. ?) inamurai Oshima. 



Calotermes? inamurai Oshima, *Report Term. Ill (1912), 61; PI. 1, 

 figs. 5, 6, 21, 22; PI. 2, figs. 2, 19. 



Female. — Reddish brown above, paler below; head and prono- 

 tum glossy ; head quadrangular, anterior border nearly straight, 

 posterior border rounded; eyes large, round, and prominent; 

 ocelli in contact with eyes; antennse 19-jointed, twice as long as 

 head; 2d and 3d joints subequal; labrum short, not covering 

 tip of mandible; pronotum subreniform, with concave anterior 

 border, posterior border nearly straight, slightly concave in the 

 middle. 



Measurement. Mm. 



Length of head 1.72 



Width of head 1.56 



Length of pronotum 1.19 



Width of pronotum 1.84 



Soldier (larger form). — Head cylindrical, reddish yellow; 

 labrum, antennse, and pronotum paler; mandibles 1.6 mm. long, 

 blackish brown, toward basal portion reddish brown, outer 

 margin arcuate, apex incurved; left mandible with 3 teeth, 2 

 apical teeth sharply pointed, the 3d tooth broad, with apex bifid ; 

 near bases of 2d and 3d teeth is a small tooth-like projection; 

 right mandible with 2 strong triangular teeth; labrum very 

 short, anterior margin arcuate, twice as broad as long; antennse 

 15-jointed; basal joint cylindrical, narrower in the middle; 2d 

 and 4th joints subequal, quadrilateral ; 3d joint invertedly conical, 

 anteriorly much enlarged ; pronotum quadrilateral, broader than 

 head; anterior border strongly concave; posterior border nearly 

 straight, slightly concave in the middle ; lateral margins arcuate ; 

 posterolateral corners broadly rounded; anterolateral angles 



