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Antennae. — 14-1 5 -jointed. Of the specimen with 15 joints : 

 1st joint very stout, cylindrical ; 2nd mnch narrower and shorter 

 than 1st; 3rd smallest; 4th and 5 th of snbeqnal length ; 6th- 14th 

 turbinate, becoming larger toward the extremity ; 15th elongate- 



Text- fig. 37. Capritermes (Capritermes) nitobei. Imago, a, Head; 

 b, Labrum ; c, Eight mandible ; d, Left mandible ; e, Pronotum ; 

 f, Fore wing; g, Hind wing, (a, ex 20; b— dx33; f, gx6.5). 



oval, somewhat slender. 



Eyes. — Bather small, strongly projecting on the sides. 



Ocelli. — Large, prominent, directed laterally inner marging being 

 elevated, separated from the eyes by their shorter diameter. 



Labrum. — Nearly as long as broad, broadest in the middle, 

 narrowed in front. Anterior border white, with about 4 long 

 bristles.— (Text-fig. 37, b). 



Ante-clypeus. — Large, nearly as broad as the labrum and 

 longer than the post-clypeus. 



Post-clypeus. — Distinct from the forehead, slightly swollen, 

 more than twice as broad as long, almost straight in front, antero- 

 lateral corners rounded and broadly convex behind. 



Mandibles. — Very large. Eight mandible 4-toothed : 1st tooth 

 sharp, with tip incurved ; 2nd sharp, a little smaller than the 1st ; 



