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two small medial teeth arise from the anterior surface and 
one from the posterior. Maxillary and labial palps each 
represented by a cluster of four sensilla. 
Eidmann (1944, p. 458) characterized the sexual larvae 
of this genus as gigantic {riesig) . 
Wheeler, 1922, p. 171 : The larvae of the sexual forms 
are ‘'so voluminous that they could not be moved by the 
workers and are so soft and vulnerable that they would 
have to be reared in chambers inaccessible to the termites.” 
Carebara lignata Westwood 
(PI. 6, figs. 21-23) 
Mature worker larva: Length about 2 mm. Shaped 
somewhat like a crookneck squash ; thorax forming a short, 
stout neck which is strongly curved ventrally; abdomen 
somewhat swollen ; posterior end round. Anus postero- 
ventral. Segmentation indistinct. Spiracles uniform in 
size. Integument of ventral surface of thorax with rather 
long transverse rows of spinules. Cranium subcircular in 
anterior view. Antennae small, each with three sensilla, 
each of which bears a spinule. Head hairs few, short 
(0.027-0.045 mm), simple, slightly curved. Labrum small, 
short and broad (breadth 3x length) ; subrectangular, but 
with the ventral corners rounded; anterior surface with 
about 10 sensilla ; ventral border with a couple of isolated 
sensilla and with a few spinules at either side; posterior 
surface with six sensilla. Mandibles small, short and 
rather stout; apex forming a short slender tooth; two small 
medial teeth arise from the anterior surface and one from 
the posterior. Maxillae with the apex paraboloidal; palp 
represented by a cluster of four sensilla (two encapsu- 
lated and two bearing a spinule each) ; galea a short frus- 
tum bearing two apical sensilla. Anterior surface of labium 
spinulose, the spinules minute and in very short transverse 
rows; palp a cluster of four sensilla (two encapsulated and 
two bearing a spinule each) ; opening of sericteries a short 
transverse slit. (Material studied: numerous damaged 
larvae from Java.) 
Carebara winifredae Wheeler 
(P1.6, figs. 19-20) 
Mature worker larva : Length about 2 mm. Body hairs 
