IQ rEOCEEDIXGS OF THE KATIONAL MUSEUM, vol.61. 



The single soldier upon which this description is based was found 

 at Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, D. T. Fullaway, collector, 

 "3, 2, 19." 



Type localiti/. — Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. 



Described from several winoed adults collected at the type locality 

 by D. T. Fullaway, " 10." 



This termite is closely related to 6'. hrevw Walker. 



Tij2)e, winged adult.— Cat. No. 24568, U.S.N.M. 



Biologlco.l notes. — According to Fullaway (1920), this species of 

 C ryptoter'mes has been present in Hawaii at least since 1904. With 

 Coptotermes intmdens Oshima it is responsible for tlie greater part 

 of the destruction of the Avoodwork of buildings, furniture, and other 

 timl)er. Both species are supposed to have been introduced into 

 Hawaii and are at present confined principally to Honolulu, although 

 spreading rapidly. 



Records show that Cryptotermes piceatus swarms in May 

 ("5/4/19," Fullaway). Flights occur from dusk on into the night 

 and often occur after a rain (Fullaway, 1920). 



References io iioloffical or eeononiic literature. 



1919. C'liAWFORi), D. I.. Notes and Exhibitions. Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc, vol. 



4, no. 1, June, p. 13. (Coptotermes, sp. destroying boxes in wareliouses 

 near water front. Vryptotenne^. sp. destroying shooks in tlie bundle.) 



1920. FuLLAw.vY, D. T. Notes and Exhibitions. Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc, 



vol. 4, no. 2, June, p. 240. (Cnjptoteriiies, sp. small colony containing 

 laying queen exhibited.) 



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



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



1921. Fullaway, D. T. Cryptotermes irevis in Hawaii (Isoptera). Proc. 



Hawaiian Ent. Soc, vol. 4, no. 3. Sept., pp. 456-457. (Known to have 

 l)een in Hawaii previous to 1904.) 



CRYPTOTERMES THOMPSONAE, new species. 



Whu/ed adidt (pi. 2, fig. 4).— Head yellow-brown, head slightly 

 darker than pronotum, lighter colored than Cryptotermes hrevis 

 Walker; head quadrangular, longer than })road, not as broad at base 

 as at apex (longer and broader than in C. hrevis) ; few scattered, 

 fairly long hairs on head. Labrum light yellow, large, narrowed 

 toward apex, where rounded, with fairly long pubescence. Compound 

 eyes not circular, separated from the lower (lateral) margin of the 

 head by a distance equal to less than the long diameter. Ocellus small, 

 elongate, at oblique angle to compound eye, placed more obliquely to 

 eye than in C. dudleyi Banks, distant less than its diameter from eye. 

 Triangular, hyaline markings with a fairly large, pale, whitish, 

 oblong, central spot anteriorly on head, in front of where fontanelle 

 depression would be located. 



Antennae yellow-brown, stouter than in dudleyi, 17 segments, 

 pubescent ; first segment long, stout, cylindrical ; second short, clavate; 



