498 CLAUDE FULLEK. 



Termes uatalensis Haviland. 



Fig. 8. — x g\;. Low, rounded, recent mound ; Pretoria. 



Fig. 9. — Rough, conical mound, with herbage ; Pretoria (compare 

 with figs. 3 and 4, PL XXXII). 



Fig. 10. — Acutely conical and recent mound, showing recent and 

 uniform extension of base from weathering ; Mount Edgecombe. 



Fig. 11. — Rounded and recent mound on hillside, showing recent 

 extension of lower base from weathering ; Mount Edgecombe. 



Fig. 12. — Vertical section of domed and recent mound showing 

 relative position of hive-cavity and galleries ; in dense scrub ; Mount 

 Edgecombe. 



Figs. 13 and 14. — Vertical sections of mounds showing shouldered 

 sides; higher altitudes in Natal. 



Fig. 15. — Nest-sites or oases with fringe of coast bush in back- 

 ground ; sketched at Mount Edgecombe, Natal. 



Fig. 16. — A series of nest-sites on gentle slope and to one side of 

 ridge ; sketched at Mount Edgecombe, Natal. 



Fig. 17. — Vertical section of large nest-site (marked x fig. 16) ; show- 

 ing position of hive-cavity. 



Fig. 18. — In vertical section, a stone-flagged, earth-filled veranda 

 with nest-cavity immediately below cement reinforcement; with 

 exterior dump-heap and one beneath flooring of interior of house (T . 

 badius nests under similar conditions). 



Fig. 19. — x ^. A break in the weather-worn surface of a mound 

 in course of repair, showing the apertures through which the earth- 

 pellets are placed outside ; these apertures are subsequently closed. 

 Sketched from nature. 



PLATE XXVII. 



Termes waterbergi sp. n. 



Fig. 1. — X tj'tt- Mound on periphery of nest-site (oasis of park 

 formation). 



Fig. 2. — X gV- Section of mound shown in fig. 1 to illustrate the 

 absence of vertical permanent shafts and showing roots in undisturbed 

 soil, but not in mound. 



Fig. 3. — x ^g. View of large cavity in half-section underlying site 

 of mound. Photograph olitained by directing camera downwards at 

 an angle of 45°. 



