ART. 6. NEW SPECIES OF TERMITES SNYDER. 19 



Measurements. — Length of entire soldier, 4.2 mm.; length of 

 head with mandibles, 2.25 mm.; length of head without mandibles, 

 1.4 mm.; length of left mandible, 0.87-0.95 mm.; length of pronotum, 

 0.42 mm.; length of hind tibia, 0.62 mm.; width of head, 0.78-0.85 

 mm.; width of pronotmn, 0.6 mm. 



Close to L. convexinotatus Snyder but lighter colored, and with 

 the other differences noted in both the winged adult and soldier, 

 named in honor of the late Prof. Patricio Cardin, of the experiment 

 station, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba; Professor Cardin studied termites 

 in Cuba. 



Type locality. — Andros Island, Bahamas. 



Described from a series of winged adults collected at the type 

 locality on May 18; soldiers were found with these adults. Additional 

 material collected on the same date is in the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology, at Cambridge, Mass. 



Type, winged adult.—Csit. No. 25084, U.S.N.M. 



LEUCOTERMES AUREUS Snyder. 



Winged adult. — Head pale yellowish to light brownish, paler 

 posteriorly, longer than broad, broadest at the eyes, sharply nar- 

 rowed (rounding) posteriorly, with dense light yellow long and 

 shorter hairs. Fontanelle in a depression on a line with hind border 

 of eyes. 



Antennae light yellow-brown, 16-17 segments, segments become 

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

 second shorter, not so broad as first; third short, ring-like; from 

 fourth on segments become longer; last segment elongate, sub- 

 elliptical. 



Compound eyes black, large as in L. cardini Snyder, not round, 

 not prominent or much raised, more than its long diameter from 

 lateral margin of head. Ocellus separated from compound eye 

 by a distance less than its short diameter. 



Labrum light yellow, broadest near middle, with long hairs. 



Post-clypeus pale yellow, prominent, bulging, plainly bilobed, 

 posterior margin convex, border of head concave, over twice as 

 broad as long. 



Pronotum posteriorly darker colored than head, subcordate, 

 sides narrowed posteriorly, anterior margin markedly emarginate, 

 posterior margin slightly emarginate, with long hairs; broader 

 than long, but not as broad as head; not as long as the wing scale; 

 median line prominent. 



Mesonotum not as long as and covered by wing scale; posterior 

 margin convex; metanotum also convex posteriorly. 



Legs light yellowish, elongate, slender. 



