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M. OSIIIMA 



Worker. — Head pale yellow ; abdomen yellowish white. Head 

 densely provided with hairs ; abdominal tergites moderately pilose. 



Head quadrangular, with rounded posterior border, much broader 

 than long; fontanelle indistinct; basal portion of clypeus flat, short; 

 labrum strongly inclined downwards; antenna; 13-jointed, 3rd joint as 

 long as 2nd ; pronotum saddle-shaped, anterior border scarcely indented 

 at middle ; mesonotum and metanotum broader than pronotum. 



Length of body 3,50 mm. 



Width of head lOOmm. 



Width of pronotum 1,78 mm, 



Habitat. — Balik-Papan, Dutch Borneo ; collected by Mr. Kanc- 

 hira on April 21, 191 3. 



Genus Hhinotci mes Hagen. 

 8. Ehinotermes i^Schedorhinotermes) longirostris (Brauer). 



(Pl. X., figs. 3-4). 



Soldier (larger form). — Head yellow; mandibles brown; abdomen 

 straw-colour. Body sparingly provided with hairs. 



Posterior part of head quadrangular, sides of the anterior half 

 abruptly converging anteriorly ; fontanelle distinct, directed upwards, 

 situated between antennal fossa ; from the fontanelle runs a shallow 

 groove, reaching to apex cf labrum, widening anteriorly ; clypeus 

 grooved along the median line, boundary between apical and basal 

 portions indistinct, the former whitish ; labrum tongue-shaped, longer 

 than broad, apical part two-lobed, sparingly provided with hairs, 

 reaching beyond tip of mandible ; mandibles stout, the left provided 

 with two teeth, the right with one tooth ; antennae 16-jointed, 2nd joint 

 as long as 3rd, 4th joint half as long as 3rd ; pronotum flat, anterior 

 border convex, posterior border slightly emarginate at middle ; 

 mesonotum shorter and narrower than pronotum ; metanotum much 

 broader than pronotum ; abdomen flattened, broad and short. 



