8 ART. 7. — SANJI HOZAWA : 



termite referred to as Termes vulgaris Haviland by Shieaki, 

 Oshima et al. must be a distinct new species. 



In reference to Yano's paper Oshima (7) published another, 

 establishing a new species which he, in conjunction with Shieaki, 

 has named larmes flamceps based upon the specimens of 

 workers, soldiers and imagines obtained in Formosa. This species 

 Oshima formerly identified as Leucotermes ßavipes Kollae, but 

 now claiming both to be separable from Termes speratus 

 Kolbe. He also imagined Calotermes satsumensis Matsumuea to 

 be identical with Calotermes koshunensis Shieaki, giving the de- 

 scription of the latter, and that the name Coptotermes formosce 

 Holmgeen, adopted by Yano, should not be applied to the form 

 which the writer formerly identified as Termes gestroi Wasmann.^ 



Neither of the above proposals by Oshima, however, was 

 accepted by Yano (6) who, after careful studies, expressed the 

 belief that Oshima's observations are not so accurate and trustworthy 

 as might be desired. 



In the latter part of 1911, Yano (7) furnished detailed de- 

 scriptions and some points in the habits of the three species of 

 termites found in Japan proper, namely Leucotermes speratus 

 Kolbe, Coptotermes formosce Holmgeen, and Calotermes satsumensis 

 Matsumuea. 



In 1912 Oshima (8) published the third report on termites, 

 recording the following fourteen species from Japan. 



Calotermes kotoensis, n. sp Formosa. 



Calotermes koshunensis Shieaki .... Formosa. 



Calotermes (?) inamurce, n. sp. . . Formosa. 



Gyptotermes satsumensis Matsumuea .. Prov. Satsuma. 2) 



1) My inference is that Termes gestroi here referred to is the very same species which 

 Oshtma formerly called Coptotermes gestroi. 



2) According to Matsumuea and Yano. 



