NOTES ON PHILIPPINE TERMITES, II 
By S. F. Light 
Professor of Zoology, College of Liberal Arts, University of the Philippines 
SIX PLATES AND THREE TEXT FIGURES 
This paper presents descriptions of six species of Philippine 
termites which seem to be new to science. They represent four 
genera ( Kalotermes , Cryptotermes, Prorhinotermes, and Leuco- 
termes ) not heretofore reported from the Islands and one new 
genus, Plano cryptotermes. The list of species described is as 
follows : 
Genus Kalotermes Hagen sensu restricto. 
1. Kalotermes mcgregori sp. nov. 
Genus Cryptotermes Banks. 
2. Cryptotermes cynocephalus sp. nov. 
Genus Plarwcryptotermes gen. nov. 
3. Plano cryptotermes nocens sp. nov. 
Genus Prorhinotermes Silvestri. 
4. Prorhinotermes luzonensis sp. nov. 
5. Prorhinotermes gracilis sp. nov. 
Genus Leucotermes Silvestri sensu restricto. 
6. Leucotermes philippinensis sp. nov. 
These species, with the exception of P. nocens, belong to genera 
of widespread occurrence, known from Japan and Formosa to 
the north (except Kalotermes ) and from the East Indies, Ceylon, 
and India to the south, and it might well have been predicted 
that such termite species would be found in our Philippine fauna. 
Therefore, the fact that the former collections made by Baker and 
by McGregor as well as my earlier collections failed to bring 
them to light might well cause surprise. The reasons for their 
not having been collected, however, are not far to seek. With 
exception of the Planocryptotermes species, they are not among 
our common forms. Nor are they conspicuous, since none of 
them builds mounds or exposed nests ; nor do the first five species 
build exposed galleries, while the last one seems to be a rare 
species. 
I wish to take this opportunity to thank Mr. R. C. McGregor, 
ornithologist of the Bureau of Science, for his never-failing in- 
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