ART. 20. SOME KEW AMERICAN TERMITES SNYDER. 15 



drical ; second clavate, slightly longer than the third which is nearly 

 equal to the fourth; fifth also clavate, longer than fourth; last seg- 

 ment elongate, slender, subovate. 



Pronotum slightly lighter colored than head, broader than head, 

 approximately twice as broad as long, not as long as the wing scale. 

 Pronotum deeply concave anteriorly, slightly convex posteriorly. 

 Pronotum broader toward posterior margin ; with long pubescence. 



Wings with golden yellowish-brown costal veins; in forewing 

 median is bent up to subcosta beyond middle of wing, touching at a 

 point from the second to the fourth or fifth branch of the radial sec- 

 tor; radial sector with 7 branches to the costa; cubitus with numer- 

 ous branches (14) and branched beyond middle of wing to margin 

 before reaching apex (pi. 5, figs. 18 and 19). 



Abdomen with same color as pronotum, paler on ventral surface ; 

 with scattered pubescence. 



Legs paler in color than pronotum. 



Bleasurevients. 



Length of entire winged adult: 11-12 mm. 



Length of entire dealated adult : 4.5-5.0 mm. 



Length of head : 1.20 mm. 



Length of pronotum : 0.605 mm. 



Length of hind tibia : 0.607 mm. 



Length of wing: 9.5 mm. 



Width of head : 1.05 mm. 



Diameter of eye (long diameter) : 0.207 mm. 



Width of pronotum: 1.20+ nim. (slightly curled down). 



Width of wing: 2.30 mm. 



Soldier. — Very similar to the soldier of C. hrevis Walker. The 

 piceous black color of the anterior area of head and rugose areas ex- 

 tend posteriorly much further than in hrevis. Anterior area of pro- 

 notum darker. Front of head more deeply emarginate and sunken. 

 Eye spot present, but due to the darker color of the head, is not as 

 distinct as in brevis; mandibles apparently not as long as in hrevis. 



Measurements. 



Length of entire soldier : 4+ mm. 

 Length of head with mandibles (closed) : 1.90 mm. 

 Length of head without mandibles: 1.70 mm. 

 Height of head (at anterior margin) : 1.10 mm. 

 Length of pronotum (at corners) : 0.80 mm. 

 Length of pronotum (in middle) : 0.505 mm. 

 Length of hind tibia : 0.S02 mm. 

 Width of head : 1.30 mm. 

 Width of pronotum : 1.80 mm. 



Figured by D. T. Fullaway,^" but referred to Grij^totermes hrevis 



Walker. 



"The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, October, 1920, vol. 17, No. 10, p. 297, 

 pi. 1, fig. 4. 



