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obliquely forward; a shallow longitudinal groove from fonta- 
nelle to tip of labrum; anteclypeus whitish, anterior border 
rounded; postclypeus trapezoidal, nearly as long as the former; 
labrum tongue-shaped, scarcely reaching tip of mandibles, tip 
hyaline, anterior border obscurely bilobed, densely provided with 
short hairs; antennae 15-jointed, first joint cylindrical, second 
joint slightly shorter than third, quadrate, fourth joint orbicu- 
lar, nearly as long as third, other joints spherical, subequal in 
length, apical joint oval; mandibles rather short, with strongly 
incurved, piercing tip, the left with two sharply pointed teeth, 
subequal in size, the right with one strong tooth, acutely pointed ; 
pronotum much narrower than head, inverted-heart-shaped, an- 
terior border convex, posterior border weakly incurved at middle, 
sides rounded; mesonotum slightly narrower than pronotum; 
metanotum as broad as pronotum, ovoid, much shorter than me- 
sonotum; abdomen rather short; styli one-jointed; hind legs 
reaching beyond the tip of abdomen. 
mm. 
Length of body 3.50 
Length of head, with mandibles 1.81-2.00 
Length of head, without mandibles 1.18-1.28 
Width of head 1.21-1.28 
Width of pronotum 0.64-0.70 
Length of pronotum 0.43-0.46 
Soldier {the smaller form ) . — mm 
Length of body 3.00 
Length of head, with mandibles 1.25 
Length of head, without mandibles 0.69-0.75 
Width of head 0.69-0.72 
Width of pronotum 0.43-0.46 
Length of pronotum 0.31-0.34 
Worker . — • 
mm. 
Length of body 3.50-4.20 
Width of head 1.18-1.25 
Width of pronotum 0.53-0.56 
Luzon, Laguna Province, San Antonio near Paete, March 12, 
1917 ; discovered under a hard, round, black nest. 
Remarks . — There is no previous record of the occurrence of 
the present species in the Philippine Islands, and the larger form 
of soldier is here described for the first time. 
Rhinotermes (Schedorhinotermes) longirostris (Brauer). 
Termes longirostris Brauer, Reise Novara, Neur (1865) 47 (lies 
Nicobar). 
