EAST INDIAN TERMITES. 



Subfamily RHINOTERMITIN2E. 



Genus Par rJi in of er mes Holmgren. 



7. Parrhinotermes inaequalis (Haviland). 

 (Pl. X., fig. i). 



Soldier. — Head brownish yellow ; basal portion of mandible 

 yellow, apical portion brown ; abdomen straw-colour. Head very 

 sparingly pilose ; abdominal tergites provided with a series of hairs 

 along the posterior border ; submentum densely pilose. 



Head stout, flattened, posterior border straight, sides converging 

 anteriorly ; fontanelle round and minute, a shallow groove running 

 from it to apex of labrum and giving two branches to the condyle of 

 mandible around basal part of clypeus ; basal portion of clypeus short, 

 flattened ; labrum quadrangular, as long as broad, apical third hyaline, 

 apex obtuse, provided with a cluster of short coarse hairs ; mandibles 

 stout, with elongated and slender apical portion, proximal portion 

 broad ; left mandible provided with two teeth, of which the first one 

 is larger than the second and is leaf-shaped, while the latter is 

 somewhat triangular, short, its tip directed forward, and has the 

 median portion of masticating border distinctly serrated ; right mandible 

 provided with a triangular tooth, with obtuse tip, the basal portion 

 of masticating border serrated; antennae 13-jointed, 3rd joint longer 

 than 2nd; pronotum minute, anterior border convex, posterior border 



slightly concave. 



Length of body 4,50 mm. 



Length of head with mandible 2,03 mm. 



Length of head without mandible 1,47 mm. 



Width of head 1,28 mm. 



Width of pronotum 0,72 mm. 



Length of pronotum 0,38 mm. 



