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the head, the anterior lobe often mottled with yellow, 

 often with a dark median line. (In dried material the 

 anterior lobe noticeably pale yellow). 

 Abdomen above brown or yellow brown, always less dark 

 than the head or the thorax, always dark in con- 

 trast with the underside. Legs brown or red brown 

 except that the tarsi, the tipr of the tibiae and the 

 tips of the femora are yellow. (The apical half of the 

 tibia or less may be yellow). The outline of the 

 pronotum is characteristic in that the margin of the 

 front lobe bends into the front margin of the anterior 

 lateral corners without being there angularly indented 

 and in that the curve of the margin of the front lobe is 

 somewhat acute. 

 The range of this termite is not defined but it may be described 



as a S.W. species common to the districts of the Cape, Stellen- 



bosch, Paarl and Malmesbury. 



Hodotermes peringueyi sp n. 



The imago of this species is readily distinguished from that of 

 H. viator by the uniform pale yellow colour of the legs, only the 

 sides of the coxae being brown: by the wide, short pronotum in 

 which the margin of the front lobe meets the anterior comers at a 

 sharp angle and by the golden yellow colour of the tergites of 

 the abdomen. The third tooth of the left mandible of the 

 soldier is more produced and acute than in viator. 



This if essentially a S.E. termite of indefinite range but 

 known to inhabit the districts of Albany. Peddie and Alexandria. 



Hodotermes thomseni sp.n. 



The imagos of this species differ from any others in their small 

 size, the largest females attaining the dimensions of the smallest 

 males of viator, peringueyi and silvestrii. The pronotum is 

 somewhat like that of H. peringueyi, but relatively longer. The 

 legs and abdomen are coloured as are those parts of viator, 

 but are uniformly paler. The third tooth of the left mandible 

 of the soldier is as in peringue^i; the dentation of the mandibles 



