508 The Philippine Journal of Science 1920 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Paete, March 10, 1917; in damp 
ground under vegetable waste. 
Remarks. — The nearest relative of the present species is Cap- 
ritermes distinctus, from Ceylon. The soldier of the latter is 
smaller and is provided with a broader pronotum and with 
shorter mandibles. Its worker is also smaller than that of C. 
paetensis , measuring 2.7 to 2.8 millimeters. 
Genus MICROCEROTERMES Wasmann 
Microcerotermes los-banosensis Oshima. 
Microcerotermes los-banosensis Oshima, Annot. Zool. Jap. 8 (1914) 
583, pi. 10, fig. 6 (Los Banos). 
Imago. — Head and pronotum chestnut brown ; clypeus, labrum, 
and antennae yellowish brown; abdomen dark brown; legs dark 
yellow. Head moderately pilose, covered with delicate hairs 
and a small number of spiny hairs ; pronotum and wing stumps 
beset with strong spiny hairs; mesonotum and metanotum cov- 
ered with minute hairs; abdominal tergites densely covered 
with delicate hairs. 
Head round, no fontanelle ; anteclypeus whitish, much shorter 
than postclypeus, anterior border obtusely pointed; postclypeus 
swollen, nearly half as long as broad; labrum tongue-shaped, 
broader than long; eye moderate, slightly prominent; ocellus 
round, the distance from eye less than twice its diameter; an- 
tennse 14-jointed, basal joint cylindrical, much enlarged, second 
joint quadrilateral, twice as long as third which is the smallest, 
fourth joint slightly shorter than second, other joints spherical, 
subequal in length, apical joint oval; pronotum narrower than 
head, subreniform, anterior border nearly straight, posterior 
border weakly indented at middle, sides converging posteriorly; 
mesonotum and metanotum subequal, longer than pronotum, 
their posterior borders strongly indented at the middle ; anterior 
wing stumps larger than posterior, not covering the base of the 
latter; wings brownish, coarsely beset with short, spiny hairs; 
radius nerve of anterior wing nearly straight, not branched, 
running near and parallel to costal margin, median nerve nearer 
to cubitus than to radius, bifurcated at tip, cubitus with seven 
branches, not reaching tip of wing, its root united to that of 
median nerve, dental nerve distinct; median nerve of posterior 
wing originates from the proximal part of radius ; cubitus 
with eight branches; styli short; hind legs not reaching tip 
of abdomen. 
