Nov., '06] 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



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Cryptotermes cavifrons n. sp. 



Soldier. Yellowish brown abdomen whitish, antennae white, ante- 

 rior part of head and the mandibles jet black. Head greatly enlarged in 

 front so that seen from above it is nearly squaiv. n Districted sides, and 

 an emarginate front-line, in front there is a great, broad cavity from 

 antennas and mandibles up to vertex, the mandibles are large and long, 

 and much curved; the antenna; are about as long as head, with 13 joints. 

 The pronotum is broader than long, with slightly convex sides. The 

 eyes are distinct, a little behind antennae. 



1 Tinged male. Pale yellowish brown, legs and antennae paler; wings 

 hyaline, the costal veins yellowish; a black dot each side on front of 



a, side of head. 

 />, top of head and prothorax. 

 < . prothorax of winged male. 

 if. tarsus. 



pronotum. Eyes large, nearly reaching antennal sockets. Wings quite 

 long, a subcostal vein to tip, a radius with branches ending at same 

 place as subcosta ; in fore-wings the radius has three oblique branches, 

 running into subcosta, the first arising beyond middle of wing, the second 

 before end of first, the third opposite end of second ; in hind-wings 

 there is also a cross-vein beyond the third branch. Antennae with six- 

 teen joints; pronotum broader than long, corners rounded. 



Worker. Pale whitish or yellowish. Antennae eleven or twelve- 

 jointed. 



Several specimens from Kissimmee, Florida, in rotten wood. 



Termopsis laticeps n. sp. 



Soldier. Head bright red-brown, darkest in front; mandibles shin- 

 ing black; pronotum reddish yellow; abdomen and legs pale yellowish; 

 antennae yellowish brown. Similar in most respects to T. angusticollis, 

 but the head is much broader, especially behind, than in that species ; 

 the pronotum, however, is not broader, so that the head behind is twice 

 as wide as the pronotum; antennae about twenty-two-jointed. 



Jl'in^cd mule. Similar to '/'. aiignstieolli.'<. but with a slightly broader 

 head: the eyes much larger than in that species; their anterior edge 

 reaching the antennal sockets. The costal margin of the wings is much 

 paler than in T. (iii^iislicullis. but the venation is similar to that spei 



Several from Florence and Douglas, Arizona, August (Snow 

 and Biederman). 



