490 
1920 
The Philippine Journal of Science 
PROTERMITIDiE 
CALOTERMITIN^E 
Genus CALOTERMES Hagen 
Calotermes (Neotermes) malatensis Oshima. Plate 1, fig. 1. 
Calotermes ( Neotermes ) malatensis Oshima, Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 
12 (1917) 221 (Luzon, Manila, Malate). 
Luzon, Manila, Malate, October 10, 1917. 
Remarks . — A single specimen (imago). 
Calotermes (Neotermes) lagunensis sp. nov. Plate 1, fig. 2 ; Plate 3, 
figs. 1 and 2; Plate 4, fig. 1. 
Imago. — Unknown. 
Soldier . — Head reddish brown; anteclypeus yellowish white; 
labrum yellow; antennae amber-colored; mandible black-brown, 
proximal part becoming paler; pronotum yellowish; abdomen 
milk-white. Head sparingly pilose ; sternites and abdominal ter- 
gites roughly covered with spiny hairs. 
Head cylindrical, sides nearly straight and parallel, posterior 
border rounded; forehead gradually inclined anteriorly; anten- 
nae 15-jointed, first joint cylindrical, exceedingly large, second 
joint shorter than third, fourth joint as long as second, other 
joints ovoid, subequal in length; no rudimental eyes; fontanelle 
not present; anteclypeus trapezoidal, nearly one-fourth as long 
as broad ; postclypeus not separated from forehead, with a series 
of spiny hairs along its anterior border; labrum tongue-shaped, 
slightly longer than broad, with a small number of long hairs 
at the tip; mandibles rather stout, with piercing incurved tip; 
right mandible with two triangular teeth, subequal in size, left 
mandible with six teeth, apical two subequal, sharply pointed, 
third exceedingly low, fourth molarlike, its cutting surface con- 
cave, fifth broad and low, the last one triangular, sharply 
pointed ; pronotum as broad as head, subreniform, anterior bor- 
der nearly straight, posterior border obscurely bilobed, sides 
converging posteriorly; mesonotum much narrower than pro- 
notum; metanotum a little larger than mesonotum. 
mm. 
Length of body 
Length of head, with mandibles 
Length of head, without mandibles 
Width of head 
Width of pronotum 
Length of pronotum 
9.00- 11.00 
3.93- 4.53 
2.67- 3.20 
2.13- 2.40 
2.13- 2.40 
1.00- 1.18 
