AET. 6. NEW SPECIES OF TERMITES SNYDER. 13 



Leucotermes, moreover, contain pollyflagellate protozoa — not found 

 in the guts of any of the Termitidae. 



Species of Leucotermes are of great economic importance, being 

 very destructive not only to the woodwork of buildings — as can be 

 seen from the damage done on the island of St. Helena — but also to 

 living vegetation. It is unfortunate that we have a species in the 

 United States. 



The following discussion of Leucotermes tenuis Hagen, L. aureus 

 Snyder, L. crinitus Emerson Ms. and my three new species of Leucoter- 

 mes is the result of an examination of Alfred Emerson's collection, 

 the collection of the United States National Museum and that in the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. 



LEUCOTERMES TENUIS Hagen. 



Undoubtedly several new species have been included under the 

 specific name tenuis; Hagen (1858) records this species from Santo 

 Domingo, Port aux Prince, Colombia, and Brazil (collected in Brazil 

 in 1846). It has also later been reported from the Bahamas, Cuba, 

 Panama, and British Guiana. 



It is stated * that this termite was accidentally introduced into 

 the island of St. Helena from the coast of Guiana about 20 years 

 since; that is, about 1843. This is interesting in view of the fact that 

 McLachlan's typical specimens, collected by Melliss at St. Helena,^ 

 while somewhat larger, are practically identical with a specimen of 

 L. tenuis from Brazil; this latter specimen, although not from the 

 type locality is designated by Alfred Emerson, of the University of 

 Pittsburgh, and the writer as the type of tenuis; it has the type No. 

 212 in the Hagen collection in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 at Cambridge, Mass. McLachlan's specimens are also in the Hagen 

 collection and I have compared them with specimens of tenuis from 

 the Beaumont collection from Panama and specimens of tenuis col- 

 lected by Emerson at Kartabo, British Guiana. While there is 

 variation in size, all are the same species; the Panama specimens are 

 slightly smaller than the type specimen. 



However, a new, lighter colored species (convexinotatus Snyder) 

 also occurs at Panama. Specimens from Cuba C'6/5, 18/5, and 11/6, 

 Cayamas, E. A. Schwarz, Col.") are apparently identical with this 

 new species, whereas another new species (cardini Snyder) occurs 

 in the Bahamas, and was also found in Cuba (Ch. Wright, Col.) ; 

 L. aureus Snyder occurs in southern Arizona and is close to convexi- 

 notatus; L. longiceps Snyder from Brazil is known only from the 

 soldier caste. 



8 Proc. Ent. Soc. London, 1863, p. 185. ' proc. Ent. Soc. London, 1S69, p. 13. 



