REVISION OF THE JAPANESE TEEMITES. 



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Legs. — Hairy, fernnr nearly twice as broad as the tibia; tibia 

 slender, thickly clothed with spiny hairs and 2 or 3 terminal 

 spines ; tarsus 4-jointed ; 4th joint large, nearly as long as the 

 preceding three put together, with claws very acute and incurved. 

 Hind legs reaching the end of abdomen. 



Abdomen;' — Elongate oval, end rounded. The abdominal plates 

 very hairy. Cerci short and stout, conical, projecting on the sides. 



Male : — The 8th ventral abdominal plate very small, with 

 convex anterior margin and rather straight posterior one. Styli 

 widely separated. 



Female : — The ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment 

 large, almost four times as broad as long ; anterior margin nearly 

 straight, sides rounded, posterior margin forms a hyperbolic 

 curve. Lateral cuticle thickly covered with short hairs. 



Measurements : — 





Length (in m.m.) 



Breadth (in m.m.) 



Body 



12.5 —13.5 





Body with wings 



27.5 —30.0 





Head 



2.1 — 2.4 



2.6 —2.73 



Antenna (19- joints) 



3.4 





Labrum 



0.83— 0.9 



0.87 



Ante-clypeus 



0.3 — 0.4 



1.0 



Post-clypeus 



0.3 — 0.4 



1.1 



Pronotum 



1.1 — 1.2 



2.25—2.5 



Mesonotum 



1.7 





