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running parallel to each other, with sides converging anteriorly. 

 Post-clypeus. — Broader than the ante-clypens. 



Mandibles. — Sabre- shaped, 

 broad at the base narrowing 

 toward the incurved tip. Eight 

 mandible has 3 irregular teeth 

 at the base : 1st tooth very 

 faint ; 2nd conical ; 3rd flat, with 

 edge finely serrate (Text-fig. 

 17, d), Left mandible with 5 

 teeth, first 4 teeth being very 

 small, and the basal one large. — 

 (Text-fig. 17, e). 



Pronotum. — Narrower than 

 the head, nearly twice as broad 

 as long. Anterior margin bilobed, 

 slightly raised, and distinctly 

 broader than the posterior mar- 

 gin which is also bilobed. Posterior corners more strongly rounded 

 than the anterior ones. Median suture rather distinct. Hairs not 

 plentiful.— (Text-fig. 17, f). 



Mesonotum. — Anterior margin concave, sides converging anteri- 

 orly, posterior margin convex, poster o -lateral corners rounded. 



Metanotum. — Nearly as long as the mesonotum, but broader. 

 Legs. — Slender, femur broad ; tibia covered with spiny hairs 

 and with 2 or 3 terminal spines ; tarsus 4 -jointed, the last joint 

 larger than preceding three put together. 



Abdomen. — Rather short, oval, thickly clothed with short 

 brownish hairs. Cerci and styli present. 



Text-fig. 17. Leucotermes (Beti- 

 culitermes) speratus. Soldier, a, Head ; 

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

 dible ; e, Left mandible ; f , Pronotum. 

 (a, fx20; b— ex 33). 



