Two Species of Termites from Foochow, China. 



By 



Masamitsu Oshima, Rigakushi. 

 Institute of Science, Government of Formosa. 



. In July 1 9 1 6 I habe been to Foochow, China, to inspect the buildings 

 of the Japanese consulate which were severely attacked by white ant. 

 There I have collected two species of termites and in the following is 

 given the record of this collection. 



Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki. 



Soldier: -Head yellow, with dark brown mandibles; labrum brownish 

 yellow, antennae somewhat paler; pronotum pale yellow; abdomen 

 and legs straw-coloured. Head coarsely pilose; thoracal plates hairy; 

 abdominal tergites densely provided with short spiny hairs. 



Head suborbicular, posterior border rounded, sides arcuate and 

 strongly converging anteriorly; fontanelle distinct, opening directed for- 

 wards and situated just behind the base of post-clypeus; antennae 15- 

 jointed, 2nd joint quadrate, longer than 3rd, 3rd joint narrowest, 

 shorter than 4th; mandibles sabre-shaped, blender, w r ith incurved pierc- 

 ing tip, cutting margin toothless; labrum lancet-shaped, tip hyaline, 

 rraching to middle of mandible; ante-clypeus whitish, antrior border 

 slightly convex, post-clvpeus very short, hardly distinguishable from 

 forehead; pronotum subreniform, narrower than head, anterior and 

 posterior borders slightly bilobed, lateral margins rounded and con- 

 verging posteriorly; rnesonotum and metanotum oval, the former slig- 

 htly narrower than pronotum, instead of being the latter broader. 



