EAST INDIAN TERMITES. 



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12. Termes 1 Macrotermes) luzonensis nov. sp. 

 (Pl. IX., figs. 10-11). 



Imago unknown. 



Soldier (the larger form). — Head reddish brown ; abdomen dark 

 yellow. Head and abdominal tergites smooth. 



Head broadly oval, posterior border rounded, sides converging 

 anteriorly, slightly vaulted dorsally ; no rudiment of eye ; fontanelle 

 situated in front of the centre of head, round, minute ; basal 

 portion of clypeus very short ; labrum tongue-shaped, short, with 

 triangular hyaline tip; mandibles short, stout; antennae 17- jointed, 

 3rd joint as long as 2nd, 4th joint as long as 5th and slightly shorter 

 than 3rd ; pronotum broad, anterior and posterior border distinctly 

 indented in the middle, anterior border convex ; mesonotum oval, 

 narrower than pronotum, posterior border slightly emarginale at 

 middle ; metanotum as broad as mesonotum, posterior border straight ; 



sides of meso-and metanotum rounded. 



Length of body 7,50-8,00 mm. 



Length of head with mandible 4,13 mm. 



Length of he; d without mandible 2,66-2,75 mm. 



Width of head 2,25-2,28 mm. 



Width of pronotum 1,88-1,94 mm. 



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



Soldier (the smaller form). — Rather paler and smaller than the 

 above larger form. 



Head yellow ; abdomen straw- colour. Head smooth ; abdominal 

 tergites provided with microscopical hairs, longer hairs intermingled 

 with such in the posterior tergites. 



Head broadly oval, sides slightly converging anteriorly ; labrum 

 long, slender, lancet-shaped, with obtuse hyaline tip ; mandibles 

 slender; basal portion of clypeus slightly swollen ; fontanelle indistinct; 

 antenna; 17-jointed, 2nd and 3rd joints as long as 4th; pronotum 



