EAST INDIAN TERMITES. 



579 



20. Eutermes i Tumulitermes boetoni nov. sp. 

 (Pl. X., fig. 1 1). 



Imago uuknown. 



Soldier. — Head dark brown ; abdominell tergites yellowish brown, 

 sternites straw-colour ; antenna; yellowish brown ; anterior border of 

 pronotum brown. Head sparingly provided with long spiny hairs ; 

 abdominal tergites densely covered with minute hairs, with a series 

 of longer spiny hairs along the posterior border. 



Head broadly oval, the sides converging anteriorly; rostrum 

 conical, its anterior surface in a plane with the anterior surface of 

 head ; basal part of rostrum slightly swollen dorsally ; antenna; 1 3- 

 jointed, 3rd joint as long as or slightly longer than 2nd, 4th joint 

 shorter than 3rd ; pronotum saddle-shaped, very short, with anterior 

 border convex, not emarginate. 



Length of body 3,20-3,80 mm. 



Length of head with rostrum 1,28-1,38 mm. 



Length of head without rostrum 0,84 mm. 



Width of head 0,84 mm. 



Width of pronotum 0,41 mm. 



Worker — Head chestnut brown; sutures of head, anterior border 

 of transversal band, basal portion of clypcus, and abdomen pale 

 yellow. Head and abdominal tergites provided with subequal hairs. 



Head quadrate, slightly longer than broad ; basal portion of 

 elypeus swollen, nearly half as long as broad ; antenna; 14 jointed, 

 2nd joint as long as 3rd, 4th joint shorter than 3rd ; mandibles with 

 slender, short apical portion ; pronotum saddle-shaped, anterior border 



not emarginate. 



Length (if body 3,50 mm. 



Width of head c,8l mm. 



Width of pronotum 0,44 mm. 



