EAST INDIAN TERMITES. 



559 



long as 2nd ; pronotum broad, anterior and posterior borders indented 



in the middle. 



Length of body 6,00-6,50 mm. 



Length of head with mandible 2,75 mm. 



Length of head without mandible 1,63 mm. 



Width of head 1,53 mm. 



Width of pronotum 1,03-1,09 mm. 



Length of pronotum 0,63 mm. 



Worker. — Head yellowish white ; abdomen whitish. Head spar- 

 ingly pilose ; abdominal tergite moderately provided with subequal 

 hairs. 



Antennas 15-jointed, 3rd joint shorter than 2nd; anterior border 

 of pronotum distinctly indented in the middle, posterior border straight. 



Length of body 5,00 mm. 



Width of head 1,44 mm. 



Width of pronotum 0,78 mm. 



Habitat. — Los-Banos, Luzon ; collected by Prof. Baker. 



Remarks. — The present species is very closely allied to Coptotermcs 

 curvignathus Holmgren. But the head of soldier is much larger and 

 the pronotum of same is broader. 



6. Coptotermes hongkonensis nov. sp. 

 (Pl. IX., fig. 5). 



Imago unknown. 



Soldier. — Head pale yellow ; mandibles brown ; abdomen milk- 

 white. Head sparingly pilose ; abdominal tergites with dense, subequal 

 hairs, no series of spiny hairs. 



Head oval, slightly flattened, sides considerably converging an- 

 teriorly ; fontanelle directed forward ; basal portion of clypeus short ; 

 labrum lancet-shaped, tip pointed, not hyaline, scarcely reaching to 

 middle of mandibles; mandibles saber-shaped, slender; antennae 15- 

 jointed, 3rd joint minute, half as long as 2nd ; submentum slightly 



