NEW TERMITES FROM HAWAII, CENTRAL AND SOUTH 

 AMERICA, AND THE ANTILLES. 



By Thomas E. Snyder, 



Of the Bnrem( of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture. 



This paper describes 15 new termites and a new variety, some of 

 which are of particular interest from the standpoint of comparative 

 morphology and of phylogeny. The following is a list of the new 

 termites and their geographical distribution : 



List of new species. 



HAWAII. 



Nealotermes immigrans Snyder... 



Neotermes connexus Snyder 



Crotermes connexus, var. major Snyder ( 



Cryptotermes piceatus Snyder J 



Kypiotermes rospigliosi Snyder SOUTH AMERICA. 



Kalotcrmes cubanus Snyder ANTILLES 



Kalotermes tuberculifrons Snyder. 



Kalntei-mes montanus Snyder 



Cryptotermes thompsonae Snyder. 



Coptotermes niger Snyder 



Coptotermes crassus Snyder 



Armiterm.es intermedius' Snydev [CENTRAL 



Constrictotermes {Tenuirostritermes) mi-j AMERICA. 



cisus Snyder 



Constrictotermes ( Tenuirostritermes) 



briciae Snyder..... 



Anoplotermes gracilis Snyder 



Anoplotermes manni Snyder 



Oahu, Honolulu. 



Kauai. 



Hawaii, Kaiwiki. 



Oahu, Honolulu. 



Peru. 



Cuba. 



Mexico. 



Mexico. 



Panama 



Panama. 



Spanish Honduras. 



Spanish Honduras. 



Spanish Honduras. 



Spanish Honduras. 



Panama. 



Spanish Honduras. 



As classified systematically, there are eight new species and a new 

 variety in the family Kalotermitidae and seven new species in the 

 famil}^ Termitidae. 



Genus KALOTERMES Hagen. 



This genus contains a very large number of species from widely 

 different parts of the world. It is well named, since many beautiful 

 and striking species are included. The largest and most primitive 

 species, Kalotermes occidentis Walker, occurs in North America. 



Nils Holmgren has subdivided the genus Kalotermes into many 

 subgenera, all of which are not adopted in this paper, since many of 

 his subgeneric characters are only constant for the soldier caste. 



The third segment of the antenna of the soldier of species of Kalo- 

 ie}'77ies is usually enlarged and modified ; the legs of the soldier have 

 the femora swollen. 



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