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Worker. — Head yellow; abdomen straw-colored. Head and 

 abdominal tergites sparingly provided with subequal hairs. 



Head round; fontanelle spotted, whitish; basal portion of 

 clypeus swollen; antennae 17-jointed, 3d joint shorter than 2d, 

 4th joint as long as 3d; pronotum saddle-shaped, provided with 

 a median, shallow longitudinal groove, anterior border strongly 

 elevated and bilobed, posterior border indented at middle. 



Mm. 

 Length of body 4.50 



Width of head 1.66 



Width of pronotum 0.90 



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

 Termes (Termes) copelandi Oshima. Plate II, figs. 1 and 2. 



Termes {Termes) copelandi Oshima, Ann. Zool. Jap. (1914), 8, 570. 



Imago. — Unknown. 



Soldier {the larger form). — Head reddish brown, antennae 

 and legs paler ; abdomen dark yellow. Head hairless ; abdominal 

 tergites provided with microscopically minute hairs. 



Head cylindrical, sides very slightly converging anteriorly; 

 fontanelle dotted, minute, situated at the center of head; basal 

 portion of clypeus very short ; labrum lancet-shaped, with pointed, 

 hyaline tip ; mandibles stout, short ; antennae 17-jointed, 2d joint 

 as long as 3d, 4th joint slightly shorter than 3d; pronotum 

 broad, anterior and posterior borders distinctly indented at 

 middle, the former slightly elevated ; mesonotum and metanotum 

 considerably narrower than pronotum; their lateral margins 

 rounded, posterior borders concave. 



Mm. 



Length of body 8.50 



Length of head with mandible 4.53 



Length of head without mandible 2.97 



Width of head 2.56 



Width of pronotum 2.03-2.19 



Length of pronotum 1.09-1.19 



Soldier {the smaller form). — Head yellow; abdomen straw- 

 colored. Head hairless; abdominal tergites moderately pilose, 

 hairs microscopical. 



Head oval, sides slightly converging anteriorly; fontanelle 

 minute; labrum lancet-shaped, with hyaline tip; antennae 17- 

 jointed, 2d and 3d joints as long as 4th ; pronotum slightly nar- 



