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“Attacks Ficus and Bcurringtowia, making covered tunnels from nests on 
ground.” 
Imago unknown. 
Eutermes (Rotunditermes) culasiensis Oshima, 1920. 
Original and only known locality: Culasi, Antique Province, Panay ( Mc- 
Gregor ) . 
“In bark of decayed log.” 
Imago unknown. 
Microcerotermes los-banosensis Oshima, 1914. (Oshima, 1914, 1916, 1917, 
1920.) 
Original locality: Los Banos, Laguna Province (Baker). 
Philippine distribution : Luzon, Laguna Province (Baker, McGregor) ; Ma- 
nila (McGregor ) ; Bulacan Province (McGregor) ; Panay, Antique Province 
and Batbatan Island (McGregor ) ; Romblon (McGregor) . 
No outside distribution known. 
“One of our commonest Philippine termites. Makes hard nests at base of 
bamboo, cocos, Pithecolobium, etc., and builds tunnels over them. Occasion- 
ally attacks houses and furniture.” 
Imago known. 
Termes distans Haviland, 1898. 
Original localities : Sulu Islands and Celebes. 
Philippine distribution: Sulu Islands (Haviland). 
Foreign distribution: Celebes. 
Imago known. 
Capritermes paetensis Oshima, 1920. 
Original and only known locality: Paete, Laguna Province, Luzon (Mc- 
Gregor) . 
“In damp ground under vegetable waste.” 
Imago unkown. 
These thirty-three species of termites, recorded from the Phil- 
ippines, belong to nine genera. One genus, Termitogetonella 
Oshima, 1920, is known from the Philippines only. 
No less than twenty-three of these thirty-three species were 
named from Philippine material and are known from that region 
only. Which of these are truly endemic cannot be determined 
until we have a much more thorough knowlege of the species 
on the Asiatic mainland, and the East Indies. That some of 
them will later be found to be present in nearby regions seems 
most probable. That some few of them will be found to be 
synonymous with species already described from Borneo, 
Singapore, Java, Japan, Formosa, etc., seems probable, particu- 
larly in the case of species belonging to the genera Coptotermes, 
Macrotermes, and Eutermes. Such cases will probably be 
comparatively rare, however, due to the fact that Professor 
Oshima had the peculiar advantage of studying his first Phil- 
