34 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL, MUSEUM. vol. 64, 



The winged adult of Amitermes wheeleri Desneux has hitherto been 

 unknown, the specific description being based upon the soldier 

 caste ;^^ the above-described winged adults were found with soldiers 

 by C. H. Gable, at San Antonio, Tex., on July 12, 1921, Hopk. U. S. 

 No. 16552. They were flying at 8.15 in the morning, so this species 

 (as is also A. tubiformans) is not a noctTirnal flying termite. 



Described from several winged adults. These specimens are 

 deposited in the United States National Museum. 



AMITERMES BEAUMONTI Banks. 



Winged adult. — Brown-black, shining, slightly longer than broad, 

 rounded posteriorly, with dense, long, light yellow hairs. Fontanelle 

 indistinct, a linear slit in a depression between the eyes. 



Antennae dark yellow-brov/n, 15 segments, segments become 

 broader toward apex, pubescent; first segment elongate, cylindrical; 

 second shorter (approximately half length of first) and narrower than 

 first, rmg-like; third shorter than second, clavate; fourth broader and 

 longer than third; last segment narrower, elongate and subelliptical, 

 pointed at apex. Antennae approximately the same length as the 

 head. 



Eye black, large, nearly round, prominent and projecting; very 

 close to lateral margin of head. Ocellus elongate, fairly deeply set 

 in head (with promment overhangmg run) , separated from the com- 

 pound eye by a distance equal to its short diameter. 



Labrum yellow, longer than broad, somewhat tongue-shaped, 

 tapers toward apex, where romided, with ioXvlj long hairs. 



Post-clypeus light yellow-brown, bulging, bilobed, not quite twice 

 as broad as long, posterior margin strongly concave. 



Pronotum about the same color as the head, nearly twice as broad 

 as long, broadest anteriorly, emarginate anteriorly, posterior margin 

 nearly straight, anterior corners high; rounded sides gradually slope 

 to posterior, general shape semicircular, with long hairs. 



Meso- and metanota lighter colored than pronotum, mesonotum 

 not covered by whig scale, both meso- and metanota are angularly 

 emarginate posteriorly. 



Legs light yellow-brown; hind tibiae broken. 



Wings dusky gray iridescent, costal veins darker brown, tissue 

 punctate, margins ciliate; median vein runs straight to apex, close 

 to cubitus, which is nearly in the center of the wing, cubitus parallel 

 to the median vein, with 10 to 11 branches or sub-branches, cubitus 

 reaches apex of wing. 



Wing scale not as long as the pronotum, with long hairs. 



»8 1905. Desneux, J. Vari^t^s Termitologiques II, Termites du Texas. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., vol. 49 

 Bruxelles (p. 340, AmiteTmes wheeleri described from the soldier caste, type locality Belton, Tex.). 



