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ART. 7.— SANJI HOZAWA. 



Clypeus. — Large, prominent, almost twice as broad as long, 

 broad at the base, narrow and rounded in front. 



Mandibles. — Almost 

 like those of imago, but 

 shorter and more round- 

 ed on the outer margin. 

 (Text-fig. 39, d, e). 



Pronotum. — Lightly 

 clothed with long and 

 short hairs, much nar- 

 rower than the head and 

 mesonotum, saddle-shap- 

 ed, with an elevated 

 anterior portion. (Text- 

 fig. 39, f). 



Legs. — Pretty hairy, 

 tibia not much narrower than the femur. Hind legs generally not 

 reaching the end of abdomen. 



Abdomen. — Covered with fine and coarse hairs, narrow at the 

 base, much swollen in the middle and contracted toward the tip, 

 dorsum arched. Cerci and styli short. 

 Measurements : — 



Text-fig. 39. Capritermes (Capritermes) nitobei. 

 Worker, a, Head; b, Antenna; c, Labrum; d. Eight 

 mandible; e, Left mandible; f, Pronotum. (a, f x30; 

 b— ex 50). 





Length, (in m.m.) 



Breadth (in m.m.) 



Body 



4.0 —5.0 





Head 



0.97—1.10 



0.83—0.96 



Antenna (14-joints) 



1.15—1.2 





Labrum 



0.3 —0.38 



0.37—0.4 



Pronotum 



0.2 —0.3 



0.3 -0.5 



