4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAI. MUSEUM. vol.61. 



Soldier figured by D, T. Fullaway but referred to Kalotermes mar- 

 gimipennis Latreille.^ 



The locality where the three soldiers upon which this description is 

 based were found is Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, D. T. Fullaway, col- 

 lector, " 27/l/'19." These soldiers were not found with the above 

 typical winged adult and possibly are not this species, but are pre- 

 sumed to be, since immigrans is the only Kalotermes known from 

 Hawaii. 



Tyi^e locality. — Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. 



Described from a series of winged and deiilated adults collected 

 at the type locality by D. T. Fullaway on " 31, VII. '18." Winged 

 adults were also collected at Waikiki, Oahu, and Kauai, Territory 

 of Hawaii. 



Type, ivinged adidt.^—Csit No. 24562, U.S.N.M. 



Biological notes. — This new species of Kalotermes has been re- 

 ferred to in literature as A', marginlpennis Latreille; it is believed 

 to have been introduced into the Plawaiian Islands. Nevertheless, 

 this termite has been present at least since 1883 (Fullaway, 1920). 

 According to Dr. O. H. Swezey, this species {K. immigrans) is found 

 in dead trees in the lowlands but not at high elevations; it occurs in 

 telephone poles and other timbers and is said to be injurious to the 

 woodwork and furniture in buildings. However, there are no defi- 

 nite records of such injury by this species, since the Cryptotermes 

 which occurs in buildings (6'. piceatus Snyder) was not known as 

 such until a few years ago (about 1918) ; since then any colony 

 which Doctor Swezey has examined occurring in furniture or the 

 woodwork of buildings has either been of this Cryptotermes or of 

 Goptotermes intrudens Oshima; if the colonies were large they were 

 of the latter species. 



K. immigrans Snyder swarms in June ("31, 1918," Fullaway), 

 at Oahu, but winged adults were also collected on August 1, 1901, 

 at Kauai (elevation 150 meters or 500 feet) by Wm. H. Ashmead. 

 Like most species in the family KaJotennitidae, there is probably a 

 long and irregular period during which winged adults emerge and 

 fly about. 



Eefcrenccs to Moloylcol or economic Uirrature. 



1919. Swezey, O. H. Notes and Exhibitions. Teniiites in telephone poles. 



Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Sec, vol. 4, no. 1, June, p. 182. (Calotermes 

 marginipennis, Cryptotermes sp. and Goptotermes sp. in poles broken 

 down during recent severe windstorm. Coptotermes most destructive. 

 Cryptotermes had eaten from top to bottom of a 20-foot pole which 

 had been up only five years ; they fed chiefly on the outer part of the 

 pole. ) 



1920. Fullaway, D. T. Termites or white ants in Hawaii. The Hawaiian 



Forester and Agriculturist, vol. 17, No. 10, pp. 294-301, Oct. 



^ The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, October, 1920, vol. 17. No. 10, p. 297. fig. 2. 

 • Where the sex of the type Is not indicated, this is due to the fact that such deter- 

 mination only could be made at the risk of the destruction of the type. 



