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ABT. 7. — SANJI HOZAWA 



Measurements 





Length (in m.m.) 



Breadth (in m.m.) 



Body 



4.0 —6.0 





Head 



1.3 —1.43 



1.23—1.37 



Antenna (15- joints) 



1.6 





Labrum 



0.33—0.4 



0.4 —0.5 



Pronotum 



0.3 —0.4 



0.53—0.8 



Mesonotum 



0.2 —0.3 



0.5 —0.7 



Metanotum 



0.2 —0.3 



0.7 —1.2 



Locality. — Christmas Island (Holmgeen) ; Botel-tobago, Formosa ; 

 Little Botel-tobago, Formosa ; Formosa ; Ishigakijima, Loo-choo. 



Nom. Jap. — Takasago-shiroari. 



Note. — The first description of this termite we find in Nawa's 

 paper (7) as Eutermes takasagoensis Shieaki, stating that he adopted 

 it from the verbal communication of Shieaki, who named it, although 

 he had not published the description of it. And under such circum- 

 stances it does not seem unreasonable to adopt this name. Afterwards 

 Oshima (8, 9, 10) also published it under the same specific name 

 but as of his own new species. Holmgeen (4, 5, 6) described it as 

 Eutermes (Eutermes) piciceps. 



This termite fives in forests or bushy districts attacking 

 mostly fallen trees, dead logs, etc. It has a remarkable habit of 

 building a round nest on the tree and the galleries leading from 

 the nest to the ground. 



Naava described a queen found in the nest by Iwasaki at 

 Ishigakijima, Loo-choo. The colony is formed of a fairy large 



