EAST INDIAN TERMITES. 



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Family METATERMITID/E. 



Genus Termes (L.) Homgren. 

 10. Termes (Macrotermes) manilanus nov. sp. 



Imago. — Body chestnut brown, paler on ventral side ; basal por- 

 tion of clypeus yellow ; the antennae, the T-shaped patch on pronotum, 

 the antero-lateral corners of same, the anterior border of mcsonotum, 

 and the metanotum brownish yellow ; wings yellowish brown, with 

 yellowish subcostal band. Head sparingly pilose ; abdominal tergites 

 provided with subequal hairs; labrum, pronotum, and wing-stumps 

 densely haired. 



Head broadly oval, with sides slightly converging anteriorly, 

 somewhat flattened ; eyes very large and prominent ; ocelli separated 

 from eye by a distance equal to their radius ; fontanelle indistinct, 

 siightly elevated ; top of head surrounding the fontanelle somewhat 

 depressed ; basal portion of clypeus very large, shorter than half its 

 width, markedly swollen ; antennae 19-jointed, 3rd joint slightly 

 longer than 2nd, 4th joint shorter than 3rd ; pronotum semicircular, 

 broader than head, anterior border concave, posterior border slightly 

 emarginate at middle ; mesonotum and metanotum as broad as 

 pronotum, their posterior border concave ; membrane of wings densely 

 covered with hairs ; median nerve runs near to cubitus, starting from 

 the wing-stump, branched in the middle area of wing, with ca. 5 

 branches ; cubitus with ca. 10 branches, of which the proximal ones 



are the stronger. 



Length of body with wing 27,00 mm. 



Length of body without wing 14,00 mm. 



Length of anterior wing 23,00 mm. 



Length of head I, S 8 mm. 



Width of head 2,00 mm. 



