57° 



M. OSHIMA : 



very much narrower than head, longer than half the width, anterior 

 and posterior border indented in the middle, the former convex ; 

 mcsonotum narrower than pronotum ; metanotum as broad as pronotum ; 



sides of meso-and metanotum rounded. 



Length of body 5,50 mm. 



Length of head with mandible 2,97 mm. 



Length of body without mandible 1,72 mm. 



Width of head 1,45 mm. 



Width of pronotum 1 ,09 mm. 



Length of pronotum 0,69 mm. 



Worker. — Head yellow; abdomen straw-colour. Head and abdo- 



minal tergites sparingly provided with subequal hairs. 



Head round ; fontanelle spotted, whitish ; basal portion of clypeus 

 swollen ; antenna; 17-jointed, 3rd joint shorter than 2nd, 4th joint as 

 long as 3rd ; pronotum saddle-shaped, provided with a median 

 shallow longitudinal groove, anterior border strongly elevated and 

 indented in the middle, posterior border emarginate at middle. 



Length of body 4.50 mm. 



Width of head 1,66 mm. 



Width of pronotum 0,90 mm. 



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



13. Termes (Termes) Copelandi nov. sp. 

 (Pl. IX, figs. 6- 7 ). 



Imago unknown. 



Soldier (the larger form). — Head brownish red, antennae and legs 

 paler ; abdomen dark yellow. Head smooth ; abdominal tergites pro- 

 vided with microscopical hairs. 



Head cylindrical, sides very slightly converging anteriorly ; 

 fontanelle dotted, minute, situated in the centre of head ; basal por- 

 tion of clypeus very short ; labrum lancet-shaped, with pointed 

 hyaline tip; mandibles short, stout; antennae ^-jointed, 2nd joint as 



