88 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



TERMITIDAE. 

 Calotermes Hag. 



(i) Calotermes castanetts Burm. 



C. castanens Burm., M^Lachlan, Ann. Nat. Hist. (5) xii. 1883, p. 227. 



Soldier with distinct eyes and variable in the length of the head beneath. Several 

 royal pairs often found in a small colony. The abdomen of the $ appears to undergo 

 little or no increase in size after the perfect state is attained. 



Hab. All the Islands, in the mountain forests. Colonies often occupy the whole 

 of a large forest tree. 



(2) Calotermes marginipennis Latr. 



C. marginipennis Latr., M'^Lachlan, loc. cit. 



Hab. Towns and settlements. Abundant and destructive to the wooden buildings 

 in Honolulu. 



EMBHDAE. 



Oligotoma Westw. 



( I ) Oligotoma insularis M'^Lach. 



Oligotoma insularis M"'Lachlan, Ann. N. H. (5) xii. jo. 227 ; Perkins, Ent. Mag. 

 1897, p. 56 (development and habits). 



Hab. Most and probably all of the Islands. Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and 

 Hawaii, from sea-level to 3000 ft. 



