XI. D, 6 Oshima: Termites from the Philippines 365 



Head quadrate, with rounded posterior border, dorsal sutures 

 distinct; basal portion of clypeus much shorter than half the 

 width, slightly swollen ; antenna 14-jointed, 3d joint longer than 

 2d, 4th joint shorter than 3d ; pronotum saddle-shaped, anterior 

 border bilobed. 



Um. 

 Length of body 5.00 



Width of head 1.25 



Width of pronotum 0.78 



Worker (the smaller form). — Head dark brown, transversal 

 band considerably paler. Head coarsely pilose; abdominal ter- 

 gites densely provided with minute hairs, with a series of spiny 

 hairs along their posterior border. 



Dorsal sutures of head distinct; antennae 14-jointed, 2d joint 

 as long as 3d, 4th joint much shorter than 3d ; pronotum saddle- 

 shaped, anterior and posterior borders rounded, not indented 

 at middle. 



Mm. 

 Length of body 3.80 



Width of head 0.94 



Width of pronotum 0.44 



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

 Genus MICROCEROTERMES Wasmann 



Uicrocerotermes los-banosensis Oshima. Plate I, fig. 11. 



Microcerotermes los-banosensis OSHIMA, Ann. Zool. Jap. (1914), 8, 583. 



Imago. — Unknown. 



Soldier. — Head yellow; mandibles brown; abdomen white. 

 Head very sparingly pilose; abdominal tergites thinly provided 

 with microscopical hairs. 



Head quadrangular, elongated, with rounded corners, slightly 

 vaulted above, truncated in front ; no f ontanelle ; posterior border 

 of clypeus arcuate, anterior border straight; labrum short and 

 broad, tongue-shaped; mandibles slender, saber-shaped, with 

 strongly incurved piercing tip, masticating edge minutely ser- 

 rated ; antennae 13-jointed, 1st joint very stout, 3d joint shorter 

 and narrower than 2d, 4th joint as long as 2d; pronotum saddle- 

 shaped, anterior and posterior borders rounded and indented 

 at middle. 



Mm. 



Length of body 5.50 



Length of head with mandible 2.56-2.66 



Length of head without mandible 1.66-1.72 



Width of head ' 1.03 



Width of pronotum 0.34 



Length of pronotum 0.66 



