Three New Species of Termites from Caroline Islands. 



By 



Masamitsu Oshima, Rigakushì. 



Institute of Science, Government of Formosa. 



With J figtircs in text. 



In the present paper is given a record of three new species of termites 

 from Caroline Islands, which were collected by Mr. R. Kanehira, expert of 

 the Forestry Station of the Government of Formosa, in the year 191 5. 

 Here I beg to express my sincere thanks to him for kindly offering me the 

 interesting specimens for examination. 



Calotertnes (Neotertnes) Kanehirae now. sp. 



Imago. — Head and pronotum reddish brown ; abdomen somewhat 

 paler ; antennae yellow ; legs brownish yellow. Head and pronotum very 

 sparsely provided with spiny hairs ; wing-stumps pilose ; abdominal tergites 



coarsely pilose due to spiny 



a 



hairs mingled with minute 

 ones. 



Head quadrate, sides con- 

 verging anteriorly, anterior 

 border straight, posterior 

 border rounded; basal portion 

 of clypeus very short, nearly 

 one-fifth as long as broad, 

 yellow in apical parts ; labrum 

 tongue-shaped, longer than 

 broad ; eyes large ; ocellus 

 approximated to eye, yellow 

 and oval; antennae 19-jointed, 

 2nd. joint longer than 3rd., 

 4th. joint shorter than 3rd.; 



Fig. I. 



Calctermes Kanehirae. 

 Imago. 



a, anterior wing, 



6, head and pronotum. 



