REVISION OP THE JAPANESE TERMITES. 



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Ante-clypeus. — Whitish in colour, nearly as broad as the labram. 



Post-clypeus. — Broader and longer than the ante-clypeus, not 

 very distinct from the forehead. 



Mandibles. — Sabre-shaped, upcurved, with tip acute and incurved. 

 Right mandible with an obscure tooth beyond the centre. — (Text-fig. 

 27, d). The left also bears a tooth beyond the centre, but very 

 distinct. — (Text-fig. 27, e). 



Text-fig. 27. Odontotermes (Cy 'doter mes) formosanus. Soldier, a, Head; b, Antenna; 

 c, Labrum ; d, Eight mandible ; e, Left mandible; f, Pronotum. (a, fx20; b — ex 33). 



Pronotum. — Hairy, broader than long. Anterior portion elevated 

 and bilobed, lateral corners slightly rounded; posterior margin convex, 

 concave in the centre. — (Text-fig. 27, f). 



Mesonotum. — Narrower and shorter than the pronotum. Narrow 

 and slightly concave in front, sides rounded, broad and convex 

 behind, slightly notched in the centre. 



Metanotum. — Like the mesonotum, but much broader. 



Legs.— Hairy, rather long. Tibia with 1 to 3 spines at the 

 terminal end ; tarsus 4 -jointed ; 4th joint nearly twice as long as 

 the other three put together, with claws long and slender. Hind 

 legs reaching beyond the end of abdomen. 



