xir,D,4 Oshima: Termites from Luzon 223 



Coptotermes travians (Haviland) . 



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

 Head sparingly pilose ; abdominal tergites densely provided with 

 subequal hairs. 



Head oval, slightly vaulted dorsally, sides converging ante- 

 riorly ; f ontanelle tube-shaped, large, its orifice directed forward, 

 reaching beyond postclypeus; postclypeus very short; labrum 

 triangular, tip hyaline, reaching to middle of mandibles ; antennse 

 14- jointed, third joint as long as second ; submentum very weakly 

 contracted at middle; pronotum slightly longer than half the 

 width, anterior border distinctly indented at middle, posterior 

 border weakly curved at middle. 



mm. 



Length of body 4.50-5.00 



Length of head with mandibles 1.97-2.03 



Length of head without mandibles 1.34-1.40 

 Width of head 1.09 



Width of pronotum 0.71-0.81 



Length of pronotum 0.40-0.43 



Locality. — Luzon, Manila, Malate, July, 1916, from tunnels in 

 a telephone pole. Imago and worker were not collected. 



Remarks. — The present species is here recorded for the first 

 time from the Philippine Islands. 



Termes (Macrotermes) philippinensis Oshima. 

 Soldier {the larger form) . — 



mm. 



Length of body 9.00-9.50 



Length of head with mandibles 4.63-5.00 



Length of head without mandibles 3.33-3.53 



• Width of head 2.53-2.80 



Width of pronotum 2.20-2.33 



Length of pronotum 1.20-1.33 



Soldier {the smaller form) . — 



mm. 



Length of body 5.00 



Length of head with mandibles 3.49 



Length of head without mandibles 2.03 



Width of head 1.53 



Width of pronotum 1.31 



Length of pronotum ■ 0.62 



Locality. — Luzon, Manila, Malate, May, 1910. 



Eutermes (Hospitalitermes) luzonensis sp. nov.' 



Eutermes {Hospitalitermes) liospitalis Oshima, Phil. Journ. Sci., Sec. 

 D (1916), 11, 360, PI. II, figs. 12-14. 



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