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Although it is not known with any degree of certainty where- 

 abouts in Portuguese East Africa Peters obtained his images, 

 the probability is that it was in the valley of the Zambesi River, 

 or quite a thousand miles away from where the soldier came from. 



Sjostedt (1900) recorded the species from the Cape, the speci- 

 mens being collected by Meyer at " Orlog River." This prob- 

 ably refers to the Oorlog Kloof Rivier in Calvinia, but may refer 

 to the Oorlog Poort Rivier in Aliwal North. The imagos ex- 

 hibited much larger measurements than the type, and these, being 

 included in the description, have led to some misconceptions. 

 Sjostedt (1900) is also responsible for reducing havilandi to a 

 synonym of mossambicus, Silvestri (1908) recorded mossam- 

 hicus from the Kalahari and Damaraland. His determination 

 seems to have been based on Sjostedt's " hold all " description. 



Holmgren (1913) determined specimens of soldiers from Zulu- 

 land as mossambicus. He follows Sjostedt; the record relates 

 more properly to havilandi. 



The writer (1915) recorded mossambicus from Marico 

 (Transvaal), Kimberley (Griqualand West) and Somkele (Zu- 

 luland). The last record relates to havilandi, the two former 

 to transvaalensis. 



Macrohodotermes mossambicus sub sp. havilandi. 

 = Hodotermes havilandi. Sharp and Haviland, 

 It is customary to credit Sharp with the description of havilandi 

 He appears to have selected the name for it, but it was described 

 by Haviland. It is regarded by Sjostedt and Holmgren as mos- 

 sambicus. The species is only know^ by the soldier caste; the 

 imagos await discovery. In the biological sense it is distinct from 

 any in the rest of the Union and occupies a separate terrain. The 

 soldiers differ from any others I have examined in having the pro- 

 notum narrower than the meso- and metanota and the labrum less 

 acute. 



Localities: Zululand; Swaziland; Natal, in the valley of the 

 Tugela River only. 



