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The pronotum is as wide or wider than the meso- and metano- 

 tum, as it is with k<^rrooensis soldiers, but it is relatively longer 

 and not so deeply incurvate. The hind margin of the meso- 

 notum is broadly curvate, not produced as in k^^rrooensis but agree- 

 ing with this feature in havilandi The hind margin of the meta- 

 notum is produced as is the case with both havilandi and kcirroo- 

 crisis. 



Judging from specimens of soldiers from Kimberley and Barkly 

 West, the soldiex" described by Hagen (1858) belongs here. 



H. pretoriensis mihi, founded on soldiers, should rank as a 

 form of the subspecies. 



H. Warreni mihi, of which the measurements of the imago are 

 given under L in the foregoing table, should also rank as a form. 



H. hraini mihi is given as a synonym in the belief that the sol- 

 diers on which the species was based were members of an immature 

 colony of transvaalensis, the peculiar character of their mandibles 

 being due to nanism. 



Macrohodotermes l^arrooensis (Fuller). 



= Hodotermes k^rrooensis Fuller (1915). 



This species is readily recognised by its imagos which differ 

 from all others in their uniform yellow colour, only the wing- 

 stumps being brown. The wings are a pale brown and exhibit 

 a more generalized scheme of venation than do those of any others 

 I have examined. Including the stumps, the forevsangs measure 

 31 to 32 mm. and the span is, approximately, 66 to 67 mm. 



The largest soldiers are characterised by a distinct mound in 

 the frons depression. The pronotum is short, decidedly incur- 

 vate behind and always as wide or wider than the meso- and meta- 

 notum. Both meso- and metanotum are produced behind and the 

 margin of the produced part is slightly incurved. 



Localities: Middelburg (Cape); Victoria West; Montagu. 



Macrohodotermes pallidas sp.n. 



The imagos of this species may be recognised by their pallid 

 legs and the presence of two yellow patches on the frons. These 

 patches rest on the clypeo- frontal suture and extend back to the 

 ocellus spots (pseudo ocelli). In size the species approximates 

 pulcher. 



