XI, D, 6 Oshima: Termites from the Philippines 355 



Termes (Macrotermes) philippinensis Oshima. Plate I, figs. 7 and 8. 

 Termes (Macrotermes) philippinensis Oshima, Ann. Zool. Jap. (1914), 

 8, 566. 



Imago. — Body chestnut-brown, ventral side paler; basal por- 

 tion of clypeus, labrum, antennae, T-shaped patch on pronotum, 

 and anterolateral corners of the same brownish yellow; wings 

 brown. Head densely pilose, short, delicate hairs being inter- 

 mingled with longer, spiny hairs; abdominal tergites densely 

 provided with minute hairs ; wing stumps moderately pilose. 



Head round, with sides considerably converging anteriorly; 

 eyes moderately large; ocelli separated from eye by a distance 

 greater than their diameter ; f ontanelle dotted, reddish, somewhat 

 elevated; transversal band depressed; basal portion of clypeus 

 slightly shorter than half of its width, markedly swollen ; antennae 

 19-jointed, 2d joint much longer than 3d, 4th joint as long as 3d ; 

 pronotum slightly broader than head, nearly saddle-shaped, 

 anterolateral corners markedly swollen, anterior and posterior 

 borders bilobed ; median nerve of anterior wing proximally coales- 

 cent with cubitus, the former with about four branches in the 

 apical portion, the latter with ten branches, most of them forked. 



Mm. 

 Length of body with wing 26.00 



Length of body without wing 13.00 



Length of head 1.50 



Width of head 2.00 



Width of pronotum 2.19 



Length of pronotum - 1.25 



Length of anterior wing 21.50 



Soldier (the larger form). — Head reddish brown, with black- 

 brown mandibles; abdomen yellowish; antennae dark yellow. 

 Head and abdominal tergites hairless. 



Head quadrangular, sides strongly converging anteriorly ; f on- 

 tanelle distinct, minute, situated in front of the center of head ; 

 basal portion of clypeus short, posteriorly not separated from 

 forehead; labrum tongue-shaped, with triangular hyaline tip; 

 mandibles stout, tip slightly incurved; antennas 17-jointed, 3d 

 joint slightly longer than 2d; pronotum broad, anterior and 

 posterior borders bilobed; sides of mesonotum and metanotum 

 rounded. 



Mm. 



Length of body 8.50-9.50 



Length of head with mandible 4.66-5.20 



Length of head without mandible 3.33-3.66 



Width of head 2.66-2.93 



Width of pronotum 2.33-2.56 



Length of pronotum 1.12-1.33 



