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ABT. 7.— SANJI HOZAWA 





Length (in m.m.) 



Breadth (in m.m.) 



Ante-clypeus 



0.35—0.5 



1.5 



Pronotum 



1.5 —1.7 



3.4—3.6 



Mesonotum 



1.4 —1.7 





Metanotum 



1.0 —1.3 





Cerci 



0.6 





Styli 



0.35 





"Worker. 

 ' : (PL I. Fig. 2; Text-fig. 2). 



Colour. — Head yellow ; a spot on each, side of the clypeus 

 and antennal ridges brown ; mandibles black ; antennae, pronotum, 

 mesonotum, metanotum and legs pale yellow. Abdomen dirty 



brown, coloured by intestinal 

 contents. 



Head. — Spherical, as broad 

 as long, broadest behind the eye, 

 slightly concave on the summit 

 and sloping down on the forehead. 

 Almost hairless. — (Text-fig. 2, a). 

 Antennas. — Long, 2 1-27- 

 jointed ; in the case of those with 

 27 joints : 1st joint large, cylindric- 

 al ; 2nd shorter and more slender 

 T ' o rr 7 , • • . than the 1st; 3rd-7th short, 



Text-iig. 2. Hoaotermopsis japoni- 



cus. worker, a, Head; b, Labrum; c, annulate; 8th-9th orbiculate ; the 



Eight mandible ; d. Left mandible; e, Pro- 

 notum. (a, b, ex 13; c, dx20). remaining ones turbinate, at first 



