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~f-sliaped mark lighter. Meso- and metanotum dark brown, with 

 marginal portion and paired interior spots lighter colonred. Legs 

 yellowish. Dorsal plates of the abdom.311 yellowish brown, with a 

 pale spot on each side ; ventral ones somewhat lighter, excepting 

 the last one. Lateral cuticle of the abdomen whitish. 



Head. — Oval, longer than broad, summit flat, slightly concave 

 in the centre ; post-clypeus swollen. Median and transverse sutures 

 distinct. — (Text-fig. 30, a). 



Antennae. — Longer than head, composed of 14 joints : 1st joint 

 very large, cylindrical, almost twice as long as 2nd ; 3rd nearly as 

 long as 1st, but narrower, with sides convex and broadest part nearer 

 toward the distal end ; 4th shortest, as long as broad ; 5th-13th 



turbinate, gradually 



d jj increasing in length 

 toward the extremity ; 

 the last small, elongate- 

 oval.— (Text-fig. 30, b). 

 Eyes. — Smaller 

 than those of the imago, 

 oval, coloured, obscurely 

 facetted and slightly 

 prominent on sides of 

 the head. 



Ocelli. — Eepresent- 

 ed by two small spots, 

 separated from the eyes 

 by their diameter or 

 more. 



Labrum. — A little 

 broader than lon^, 



Text-fig. 30. Eutermes {Eutermes) takasagoensis. 

 Neoteinic queen, a, Head ; b, Antenna ; c, Labrum ; 

 d, Eigbt mandible ; e, Left mandible ; f , Pronotum ; 

 g, Mesonotum ; h, Metanotum ; i, Terminal ventral 

 abdominal segments, (a, d — hx20; b, ox 33; ixl3). 



