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bb. Distribution: General, except Karroo 

 and Cape, S.W. (Exceptions: making a 

 small mound in the district of George; 

 making a bare patch more or less cirl 

 cular in outline over nest-site In 

 Transkei). Termes anguatatus. 



s. lat. 

 (ii) Nests as very fine tunnels, diameter 2 mm., 



ramifying in soil; with small adjacent 



cavities, each containing a small fungus 



garden. 



aa. Fungus gardens like the kernel of a 

 walnut, from one to three inches in 

 diameter. Soldiers not larger than 

 workers with short, toothless, sword- 

 shaped mandibles. Distribution: Gen- 

 eral, except Karroo anl Cape S.W. 



Microtermes spp. 



bb. Fungus gardens from 8 to 5 Inches in 

 diameter; sub-circular; flat below, 

 arched above, plainly rosette shaped; 

 laminae radiating from centre. Soldiers 

 but faintly larger than workers; 

 mandibles toothed, left with a decided 

 notch one-third from the apex. Distri- 

 bution : Northern half of Transvaal and 

 Kalahari. Allodontermes (1 sp). 



c. Biology unknown. 



(i) Reported from Zululand. Apicotermes (1 sp.) 



(ii) Found at Vryburg. Hoplognathotermes 



(1 sp.) 



(2) With marked and often characteristic indications of 

 nest-site. 



SECTION I. FUNGUS GROWERS. 



a. Nest below a broad flattish and characterless 

 mound or below an assembly of moundlets, each 

 moundlet about 4 inches high and made of firmly 

 cemented earth; nests usually associated with 

 trees or shrubs. Nest cavity large, quite filled 

 with sponge-like fungus garden. Queens largest 

 found ; imprisoned in large shapeless ceU of clay. 

 Workers often found in great numbers feeding 

 on bark or trees and on posts under sheet-like 

 canopy of clay; commonly found attacking wool 

 work of houses; often found destroying lawns 

 under wide canopies of clay. Soldiers larger than 

 workers with a very distinct step-like tooth on 

 left mandible. Distribution: Natal, Transvaal, 

 Orange Free State and Transkei. 



Termes hadius s. lat. 



