PHILIPPINE TERMITES COLLECTED BY R. C. McGRE- 
GOR, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF ONE NEW GENUS 
AND NINE NEW SPECIES 
By Masamitsu Oshima 
Of the Government Institute of Science, Formosa 
FOUR PLATES 
During 1917 and 1918 Mr. R. C. McGregor, of the Bureau of 
Science, Manila, made extensive collections of termites in Lu- 
zon and Panay in order to get some further knowledge of the 
Philippine termite fauna. Among the species obtained are the 
following nine which seem to be new to science: 
Calotermes ( Neotermes ) lagunensis. 
Rhinotermes ( Schedorhinotermes ) bidentatus. 
Termitogetonella g. nov. tibiaoensis. 
Odontotermes mediodentatus. 
Eutermes ( Eutermes ) castaneus. 
Eutermes ( Eutermes ) las-pihasensis. 
Eutermes (Rotunditermes) culasiensis. 
Eutermes ( Grallatotermes ) panayensis. 
Capritermes paetensis. 
It is a striking fact that the majority of the species in the Pa- 
nay collection are quite different from those hitherto known from 
Luzon. Therefore, it is reasonable to suppose that the Philip- 
pine termite fauna may be extraordinarily rich, since the larger 
part of the Islands is unexplored. 
Coptotermes formosmus, the commonest termite in Formosa 
and in South China, is here recorded from the Philippine Islands 
for the first time. This species is a formidable pest to wooden 
structures and wood products. 
Here I express my hearty thanks to Mr. McGregor, by whose 
courtesy I was able to examine the collections. 
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