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toothed much nearer to the middle and the basal joint of the 

 hind tarsi is shorter. 

 Togo victor n. sp. 



Dull black, antennae, first and second joint of rostrum, apical margin 

 of prothorax (narrowly) and lateral margins of abdomen tawny, first 

 antennal joint towards the base and extreme apex of second joint 

 fuscous, apex of third joint and the whole fourth joint blackish, basal 

 border of pronotum, corium, clavus. extreme apex of scutellum, aceta- 

 bular margins (obscurely) and posterior angles of metasternum whit- 

 ish, some small spots to hemelytra fuscous, apical margin of corium 

 fuscous, more broadly so towards the apical angle, legs pale yellow, 

 anterior femora (except base and extreme apex) and apical halves of 

 middle and posterior femora black, extreme apex of tibiae and the 

 whole last joint of tarsi fuscous. Head very thickly and finely 

 punctured, second antennal joint more than twice as long as first, third 

 joint somewhat shorter than second, fourth about as long as second. 

 Pronotum not fully twice as long as the head, a little broader at the 

 base than half the length, finely punctured but less thickly so than the 

 head, anterior lobe moderately convex with its greatest width a little 

 behind the middle, where it is distinctly broader than the head, posterior 

 lobe slightly narrower than the anterior lobe. The breast finely moder- 

 ately thickly punctured. Hemelytra one fourth longer than the pro- 

 notum, corium rather finely and thinly punctured with brown, lateral 

 border impunctate, membrane blackish. Abdomen clothed with very 

 fine and short yellowish sericeous pubescence. Length, 6.5 mm. 



Japan (Tokyo) ; found by Mr. Kuwana. Col. C. F. Baker. 



Two new Termites. 



BY NATHAN BANKS. 



There has recently been a great awakening- in the collection 

 and study of termites. Our forms are not numerous, so that 

 there is not the stimulating prize of new species to quicken the 

 student, yet we have some very interesting genera. Among 

 them is Termopsis, a new species of which I describe from 

 Arizona, and a most curious form from Florida. So striking 

 is the soldier of this species that I do not hesitate to consider it 

 a new genus. These two new species, together with two 

 recently described by Desneux, make about twelve species of 

 termites from our country. 



CRYPTOTERMES n. gen. 



No ocelli in any stage ; no plantula to tarsi ; only costal vena- 

 tion to wings distinct, this consisting of a subcostal vein along 

 the margin to tip and a closely parallel radius with three 

 branches runnng into the subcosta. There are two spurs at 

 apex of all tibiae; four tarsal joints, the last much the longest, 

 with a lobe at base, claws are very stout on base, faintly 

 toothed at middle, and then very slender. The soldier has the 

 K ead enlarged in front, with a great cavity on the face, evi- 

 dently used to close passages of nest. 



