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MESOTERMITID^ 



COPTOTERMITIN./C 



Genus COPTOTERMES Wasmann 



Coptotermes flavieephalus Oshima. Plate II, fig. 8. 



Coptotermes flavieephalus Oshima, Ann. Zool. Jap. (1914), 8, 558. 

 Imago. — Unknown. 



Soldier. — Head pale yellow ; mandibles brown ; abdomen straw- 

 colored. Head sparingly pilose ; abdominal tergites densely pro- 

 vided with hairs. 



Head suborbicular, broad, and flattened; fontanelle directed 

 forward; basal portion of clypeus short; labrum tongue-shaped, 

 with pointed tip, scarcely reaching to middle of mandibles; man- 

 dibles saber-shaped, with strongly incurved tip ; antennae 15- or 

 16-jointed, 3d joint nearly as long as 2d ; pronotum broad, anterior 

 and posterior borders bilobed. 



Mm. 



Length of body 6.00-6.50 



Length of head with mandible 2.75 



Length of head without mandible 1.63 



Width of head 1.53 



Width of pronotum 1.03-1.09 



Length of pronotum 0.63 



Worker. — Head yellowish white; abdomen whitish. Head 

 sparingly pilose; abdominal tergites moderately provided with 

 subequal hairs. 



Antennae 15-jointed, 3d joint shorter than 2d ; anterior border 

 of pronotum bilobed ; posterior border straight. 



Mm. 

 Length of body 5.00 



Width of head 1.44 



Width of pronotum 0.78 



Habitat. — Luzon, Los Baiios, Laguna (Baker). 



RHINOTERMITIN^ 



Genus RHINOTERMES Hagen 



RMnotermes (Sehedorhinotermes) longirostris (Brauer). Plate II, 

 figs. 9 and 10. 



Imago. — Unknown. 



Soldier (the larger form). — Head yellow; mandibles brown; 

 abdomen, antennae, and legs straw-colored. Head sparingly pro- 

 vided with spiny hairs ; abdominal tergites moderately pilose. 



Head quadrate, sides slightly converging anteriorly, posterior 

 border rounded; fontanelle distinct, directed upward, situated 



