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ART. 7. — SANJI HOZAWA : 



those of the winged insect. — (Text-fig. 15, d, ë). 



Pronotum. — Mnch narrower than the head, nearly twice as broad 



as long. Anterior margin concave, 

 obscurely emarginate in the middle. 

 Sides rounded, converging posteri- 

 orly, posterior margin bilobed, nar- 

 rower than the anterior. Hairs 

 scanty. — (Text-fig. 15, f). 



Meso- and metanotum. — Almost 

 straight in front, narrower and 

 bilobed behind. In older ones, the 

 wing-cases three times as long as 

 broad, the ends of the hind ones 

 reaching about the 5th abdominal 

 segment. 



Legs . — Bather slender ; tibia 

 with 2 or 3 stout spines at the 

 terminal end ; tarsus 4 -jointed ; last joint large, with 2 curved 

 claws. Hind legs not reaching the end of abdomen. 



Abdomen.— Cylindrical, with end narrowed and rounded. Ab- 

 dominal plates hairy. Cerci and styli present. 



Text-fig. 15. Leucotermes (Beti- 

 culitermes) speratus. Nymph, a, Head; 

 b, Antenna ; c, Labrum ; d, Eight man- 

 dible ; e, Left mandible ; f , Pronotnm. 

 (a, fx20; b— ex 33). 



Measurements :- 





Length (in m.m.) 



Breadth (in m.m.) 



Boby 



4.0 — 6.5 





Head 



1.03—1.10 



0.93— 1.1 



Antenna (18-joints) 



1.9 





Labrum 



0.35-0.37 



0.4 



