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rronotiim yellow-brown, with dark anterior rim, not quite twice 

 as broad as long in middle, broader than head, front roundly 

 emarginate, broadest anteriorly, anterior margin high at cor- 

 ners; lateral margins rounded, gradually narrowing posteriorly; 



posterior margin nearly straight; 

 pronotum with long hairs on mar- 

 gins. 



Abdomen about same color as 

 pronotum, ventral surface paler, 

 with short, light-colored pubes- 

 cence. 



Fig. 2.— kalotekmes cubanus. Sol- Legs paler in color ; tibiae and 

 DiER. HIND FEMUR. GREATLY EN- ^.^^.g" jji^ker, fcmora greatly swollen 



LARGED. ' ^ •' 



(fig- 2). 

 MeasuremeTits. 



Total lentrth of soldier : 13..5 mm. 

 Length of head with mandibles: 5.75 mm. 

 licnsth of liead without mandibles and labrum : 3.80 nun. 

 Lenj^th of left mandible: 1.90 mm. 



Length of pronotum (not in middle but from anterior to posterior cor- 

 ners) : 1.80 mm. 

 Length of hind tibia : 1.80 mm. 

 Width of head : 2.75 mm. 

 Widtli of pronotum: 3.00 mm. 



Close to Kalotermes joitteU Banks of Florida and A', mona Banks 

 of Mona Island, the Antilles, but with distinctive structural differ- 

 ences, a prominent character being the broad mandibles ; in mona the 

 third segment of the antenna is longer. 



Ty2)e locality. — Las Playuelas, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. 



Described from a large series of soldiers collected at the type 

 locality by B. T. Barreto, No. 8G16, January, 1921. 



Type, soldier.— Qui. No. 24565, U.S.N.M.' 



Genus NE0TER31ES Holmeron. 



A genus closely related to tlie genus Kalotermes Hagen, widely 

 distributed over the world. If based upon the soldier caste alone, 

 Neotermes probably would only deserve rank as a subgenus. This 

 is suggested from tlie soldier of N. connexus Snyder, which is inter- 

 mediate between the tv.o genera Neotermes and Kalotermes. How- 

 ever, the wing venation of the sexual adults of species of Neotermes 

 renders it a valid genus. 



In habits the various species of Neotermes are more forest inhab- 

 iting and they seem to be more dependent on moisture than in case 

 of species of Kalotermes; apparently they are not as injurious to 

 the woodwork of buildings as are species of Kalotermes. 



