Notes on a Collection of Termites from the 

 East Indian Archipelago. 



By 



Masamitsn Oshima 



Institute of Science, Government of Formosa. 



With Plates IX and X. 



In the present paper is given a record of two collections of 

 termites. The first was obtained by Mr. Ryozo Kanehira, expert of 

 the Experimental Forestry Station of the Government of Formosa, 

 during his tour to the Malayan Archipelago in the spring of 191 3. 

 The second was obtained at Los-Banos, Luzon, by Prof. C. E. Baker, 

 of the University of the Philippines. 



The interest of these collections resides not only in the large 

 number cf new species they reveal, but also in presenting localities new 

 to the termite collector. I have referred the specimens to the follow- 

 ing twenty-four species, cf which nineteen seem to be new to science: 



1. Coptotermes doboniciis n. sp. 



2. Coptotermcs travians (Haw). 



3. Coptotermes bornensis n. sp. 



4. Coptotermes menadoensis n. sp. 



5. Coptotermes flavicephalus n. sp. 

 6- Coptotermes hongkonensis n. sp. 

 7. Par rhinotermes inœqualis (Ha v.). 



S. Rhinotermes {Schedorhinotermes) longirostris (Brauer). 

 9. Rhinotermes {Sckedorfûriotermes) tarakanensis n. sp. 



10. Termes [Macrotermes) manilanus n. sp. 



1 1 . Tei vus [Macrotermes) philippine nsis n. sp. 



