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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1920 
chestnut-colored; antennae and legs yellow. Head and thorax 
with a small number of long, spiny hairs; abdominal tergites 
densely covered with microscopic hairs, with a series of long, 
spiny hairs along their posterior borders. 
Head pear-shaped, sides converging anteriorly, dorsal profile 
nearly straight, with a weak swelling at the junction of rostrum; 
rostrum rather slender, conical; antennae 13-jointed, second joint 
slightly longer than fourth, third joint the longest, much longer 
than second; pronotum saddle-shaped, anterior border rounded. 
mm. 
Length of body 3.00-3.80 
Length of head, with rostrum 1.41-1.53 
Length of head, without rostrum 0.88-0.94 
Width of head 0.78-0.88 
Width of pronotum 0.44 
Worker . — Head and abdominal tergites dark brown; thorax 
yellowish brown; antennae and legs dark yellow. Head pilose, 
long spiny hairs intermingled with microscopic ones; thorax 
nearly smooth, anterior border of pronotum provided with a 
series of short hairs ; abdominal tergites moderately covered with 
minute hairs. 
Head round, Y-suture distinct; forehead inclined anteriorly, 
postclypeus swollen, shorter than half the width; anteclypeus 
obtusely pointed anteriorly; antennae 14-jointed, second nearly 
as long as third, fourth joint much shorter than third; pronotum 
saddle-shaped, anterior border rounded. 
mm. 
Length of body 4.20-4.50 
Width of head 1.06-1.09 
Width of pronotum 0.60-0.66 
Panay, Antique Province, Culasi, July 16, 1918; tunnels on a 
large tree. 
Genus CAPRITERMES Wasmann 
Capritermes paetensis sp. nov. Plate 2, figs. 7 and 8 ; Plate 3, figs. 
15 and 16; Plate 4, figs. 10 and 11. 
Imago. — Unknown. 
Soldier . — Head brownish yellow, darker anteriorly, antennae, 
labial palpi, and labrum somewhat paler ; mandibles dark reddish 
brown, the left much darker ; pronotum dark yellow, mesonotum 
and metanotum paler; abdomen and legs straw-colored. Head 
and thorax sparingly provided with spiny hairs; abdominal 
tergites with two transverse series of spiny hairs, interspace of 
which is roughly covered with minute hairs. 
