XI, D, 6 Oshima: Termites from the Philippines 357 



Termes (Macrotermes) luzonensis Oshima. Plate I, figs. 1 and 2. 



Termes (Macrotermes) luzonetisis OSHIMA, Ann. Zool. Jap. (1914), 

 8, 569. 



Imago. — Unknown. 



Soldier {the larger form). — Head reddish brown; abdomen 

 dark yellow. Head and abdominal tergites smooth. 



Head broadly oval, with rounded posterior border, sides con- 

 verging anteriorly, slightly vaulted above; no rudiment of eye; 

 fontanelle situated in front of the center of head, round and 

 minute; basal portion of clypeus very short; labrum tongue- 

 shaped, short, with triangular, hyaline tip; mandibles short, 

 stout; antennse 17-jointed, 3d joint as long as 2d, 4th joint as 

 long as 5th and slightly shorter than 3d; pronotum broad, 

 anterior and posterior borders bilobed; mesonotum oval, nar- 

 rower than pronotum, posterior border slightly emarginate at 

 middle; metanotum as broad as mesonotum, posterior border 

 straight ; sides of mesonotum and metanotum rounded. 



Mm. 



Length of body 7.50-8.00 

 Length of head with mandiblq 4.13 



Length of head without mandible 2.66-2.75 



Width of head 2.25-2.28 



Width of pronotum 1.88-1.94 



Length of pronotum 1.03-1.09 



Soldier {the smaller form). — Rather paler and smaller than 

 the above larger form. 



Head yellow ; abdomen straw-colored. Head smooth ; abdomi- 

 nal tergites provided with microscopically minute hairs, longer 

 hairs intermingled with such in the posterior tergites. 



Head broadly oval, sides slightly converging anteriorly; 

 labrum long, slender, lancet-shaped, with obtuse hyaline tip; 

 mandibles slender; basal portion of clypeus slightly swollen; 

 fontanelle indistinct; antennae 17-jointed, 2d joint as long as 

 3d, 4th joint as long as 3d ; pronotum much narrower than head, 

 longer than half the width, anterior and posterior borders 

 indented at middle, the former convex; mesonotum narrower 

 than pronotum, metanotum as broad as pronotum, their lateral 

 sides rounded. 



Mm. 



Length of body 5.50 



Length of head with mandible 2.97 



Length of body without mandible 1.72 



Width of head 1.45 



Width of pronotum 1.09 



Length of pronotum 0.69 



