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Upon the whole agreeing witli the worker of pretori- 

 ensis. 



Abdomen. — Dorsal sclerites each with dark and pale 

 brown bands, paler caudad ; conjunctiva forming white 

 transverse bars between sclerites ; frequently the caudal half 

 of the abdomen much paler than towards thorax; venti-al 

 sclerites paler than dorsal. , 



Hab. — Zululand; Somekele. Transvaal; Marico. Cape 

 Colony; Kimberley. 



The habits of this species seem to agree generally with 

 those of the others. Mr. David Gunn, of the Division of 

 Entomology, collected the species at Marico and states that 

 it seemed to be confined to the irrigated lands there. 



Hodotermes havilandi Sharp. PI. XXXI Y, figs. 5. .5a ; 

 PI. XXX Y, fig. 5. 



Hodotermes liavilaudi Shdrp, The Cambridge Nat. Hist., vol. v, 

 p. 384, 1895 ; Haviland, Jom'ii. Linn. Soc, vol. xxvi, p. 372, 



1898. 



Soldier. 



Measurements. — Total length 11'5 to 14"5 mm.; head 

 with mandibles 5'5 to 7 mm. ; head-width 4 to 4*5 mm. ; head- 

 length 3'5 to 4 mm. 



Head. — Yertex bright yellow, with three broad bands of 

 a warm mahogany-red, one median and two lateral ; the 

 gense yellow ; clypeus pale reddish ; frons light yellow. 

 Surface polished ; vertex not quite smooth ; frons as smooth 

 as vertex and without conspicuous hairs. Dorsal outline, 

 round-oval, a little longer than wide ; sometimes almost 

 circular ; Y-suture distinct ; vertex flatly arched ; sides con- 

 vex and curvate; trochantin of mandible not very prominent 

 and not projecting outwards. 



Frons deflected and twice depressed, depressions ver}^ 

 shallow and separated by a simple but distinct transverse 



