466 CLAUDE FULLHE. 



antennee of both have been shortened to (king) 13^ (queen) 

 13 and 10 joints respectively. 



The nest-site was indicated by a bare patch about which 

 were disposed several rough hillocks about 1 ft. high and of 

 1 to 2 cubic ft. in bulk. 



Later a second nest was found and examined for me at 

 Barberton by Mr, -Kenneth Munro, of the Division of Ento- 

 mology. The following note is by Mr. Munro. 



" This nest was found in a private garden in town. The surface indi- 

 cations were as follows. There was a cleared oval space some 15 ft. 

 long and 6 ft. wide. This was divided into two raised portions. On 

 the one half was a low flat mound about 2 ft. high, on the other a 

 more conical mound, 3 ft. high, and beside it a smaller subsidiary mound. 



" I dug down beside the higher mound and found the nest-cavity 

 3 ft. down. The mound was very sohd, having only two or tlu-ee 

 galleries one quarter of an inch in diameter which widened to about 

 one inch lower down. 



" As soon as I broke into the cavity, large and small soldiers poured 

 out ; the smaller in the majority and no workers were to be seen. 



" The nest was arranged in layers, with the fungus-gardens like those 

 of natalensis . The fungus-gardens were much larger and looser than 

 those of natalensis. 



" I dug underneath and downward as far as I could, but did not find 

 the queen-cell nor any trace of it. The nest seemed to extend a good 

 way in all directions with a radius of quite 5 ft. around the hole I made. 



" In the upper part of this mound I found T. incertus. 



" The cavity has a very nauseating smell, very much like the aroma 

 of E. trinervius ; I did not notice this with the natalensis nests I 

 exposed. 



" This insect is well known to the inhabitants of Barberton and feeds 

 upon any wood or dead timber it can obtain. It is said of it that the 

 woi'kers and soldiers emerge in droves after dark and forage freely on the 

 surface as do Hodotermes." 



Termes waterbergi, sp. n. PL XXXIV, fig. 12. 



Majoe Soldier. 



M e a s u r e m e n t s . — Total length 1 5'5 to 1 8 mm. ; head with 

 mandibles 8'5 to 9 mm. ; head-width 4"5 to 5 mm. 



Head. — Pale reddish-brown, ventral gente ochraceous, 

 broadly arched ; dully polished ; with short inconspicuous 



