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Worker . — Head yellowish; thorax and abdomen milk-white. 
Head and sternites sparingly pilose; abdominal tergites with 
two transverse series of spiny hairs. 
Head spherical ; anterolateral corners of postclypeus brown ; 
antennas 15-jointed, second joint nearly as long as third, fourth 
joint ring-shaped, about half as long as third, fifth joint a little 
longer than fourth; pronotum nearly as broad as head, quadri- 
lateral, anterior and posterior borders nearly straight, lateral 
borders slightly convex, not converging posteriorly, posterola- 
teral corners broadly rounded; abdomen elongate. 
mm. 
10.00 
2.00 
2.06 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Paete, March 7, 1917 ; inhabiting 
an old palm stub. 
COPTOTERMITIN^E 
Genus COPTOTERMES Silvestri 
Coptotermes travians (Haviland). 
Termes travians HavIland, Journ. Linn. Soc. London 26 (1898) 391, 
pi. 23, figs. 19-22 (Singapore and Sarawak). 
Panay, Antique Province, Culasi, July 1, 1918; inhabiting a 
house-post and clothing. Luzon, Manila, Malate, May 20, 1917 ; 
from the inside of posts and floors of Mr. McGregor’s house. 
On November 29, 1917, a vast number of nymphs, soldiers, and 
workers were also collected in the building of the Bureau of 
Science, at Malate, attacking a mass of papers. 
Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki. 
Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, Trans. Ent. Soc. Japan 2 (1909) 
239 (Formosa). 
Soldier . — Head and labrum deep yellow, tip of labrum hya- 
line; antennse somewhat paler; mandibles reddish brown; pro- 
notum yellow; abdomen and legs straw-colored. Head and 
thorax sparingly pilose ; abdominal tergites densely covered 
with short, spiny hairs. 
Head suborbicular, somewhat elongate, sides slightly converg- 
ing anteriorly; fontanelle distinct, orifice directed forward; cly- 
peus trapezoidal, very short, distinction between anteclypeus 
and postclypeus obscure; labrum lancet-shaped, with a sharply 
pointed tip, reaching middle of mandibles; mandibles slender, 
saber-shaped, with incurved piercing tip, cutting edge smooth; 
Length of body 
Width of head 
Width of pronotum 
