436 CLAUDE FULLER. 



and somewhat prolonged over head; processes deflected and 

 promment; caudal margin straight, sides curvate, tapering 

 acutely. 



Mesonotum long and broad ; sides diverging ; caudal 

 margin broadly curvate or faintly bilobed. 



Metanotum shorter and wider than mesonotum ; caudal 

 margin with three edges, laterals straight and converging, 

 median faintly incurvate. 



Legs with coxa dark brown, femur pale brown, tibia and 

 tarsus pallid. 



Abdomen. — Broad and flat; colour always pale; dorsal 

 sclerites pale, sordid brown ; colour not contrasting sharply 

 with conjunctiva ; ventral plates a sordid white ; styli long 

 white and black tipped ; cerci pallid. This species can always 

 be separated from the others by the characteristic colour of 

 the worker abdomen. 



Hab. — Cape Colony; Middelburg, Steynsburg, Victoria 

 East (The Karroo). 



The habits of this species agree very well with those of H. 

 trans vaalensi s. Field collections made in August, 1913, 

 contained many large bright yellow insects. These were 

 quite as large and as brightly coloured as the soldiers and 

 somewhat obese. They have the worker form, except that 

 the heads are less flattened, and they forage with the workers 

 and immature images. The images which I consider to be of 

 this species are of a bright yellow. These were collected on 

 the same date with soldiers and in the same place as this 

 species abounds in. This species is known to be very 

 destructive to growing crops and to tunnel through the clay 

 plaster of inside walls. 



It was regarding this species that Mr. Albert Rubidge, 

 farm Emerald, Middelburg, wrote to me the accompanj^ing 

 letter under date October 3rd, 1912. As no large species of 

 the genus Termes have been noticed at Middelburg, it is 

 extremely probable that Mr. Rubidge^s reminiscences refer to 

 a Hodotermes. 



