392 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Nov., '07 



abdominal segments except the anterior corners of the fourth are orange 

 yellow. The wings are very long and narrow in both sexes. 



Described from two specimens, male and female, taken in 

 copula, Willomore, Cape Colony, February 5, 1907 (Dr. 

 Brauns) . 



Concerning- their habits, Dr. Brauns writes that he found 

 them in burrows in an old willow stump frequented by Ceram- 

 bycidae, where the large carpenter-bee, Xylocopa caffra, was 

 also nesting-. 



The species is quite distinct from any known to me. It 

 falls near 'a small group of other species like A. halictontin 

 M. & B., A. longifrons Brues, A. .rantlwsona Strobl, etc. The 

 legs are stouter than those of any member of the genus that 

 I have seen, recalling those of Hypocera or Phora. 



A new species of Termes. 



BY NATHAN BANKS. 



Around Washington, D. C., there are two species of Termes 

 that have posed as T. flampes. The male of one is a larger, 

 darker species and flies earlier in the Spring. This appears to 

 be the true T. flavipes, according to the short description of 

 Burmeister. The Termes frontalis Haldeman is this same 

 species ; the colors, size, and time of appearance of male agree- 

 ing with this orm. The other species I shall call Termes 

 virginicHS. The two species may be separated by the following 



descriptions. 



Termes flavipes Burmeister 



Male. Head, pronotum and thorax jet black, with black hair; mouth 

 pale yellow ; femora blackish, rest of leg pale yellow ; abdomen brown 

 apical part with many yellowish hairs ; antennae plainly as long as the 

 head ; wings plainly darkened. Length 9 to 10 mm. Flying in latter 

 part of April or early in May. 



Soldier. Head about once and two-thirds as long as broad; the 

 mandible and antennae fully as long as width of head. 



Termes virginicus n. sp. 



Male. Head, pronotum, and thorax brown, with brownish hair ; 

 mouth pale yellow ; femora brown, rest of leg pale yellowish ; abdomen 

 brown, tip with yellowish hair; antennae barely as long as head; wings 

 not darkened, except on costa. Length 7.5 to 8 mm. Flying in June. 



