ART. 16 



NEW TEKMITES FROM INDIA — SNYDER 



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Described from a large series of winged adults collected with 

 soldiers and workers at iVnamalai Hills, 2,400 feet, Madras, 8, V, 

 1930, by J. C. M. Gardner. These soldiers appear to be identical 

 with the cotype except that the bristles at the base of the tergites 

 appear to be more distinct and longer than in the cotype. They 

 were infected with a fungous disease (pi. 1). 



Specimens in tube 12, Forest Research Institute, and in the United 

 States National Museum. 



NASUTITERMES (ROTUNDITERMES) ANAMALAIENSIS, new species 



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Description. — Soldier: Head yellowish, round, with very short 

 hairs and with two rows of bristles; nasus reddish brown, short, 

 cylindrical. Mandibles with a short point near base (fig. 6). An- 



FiGURE 6. — yasutitermes {Rotundit&rmes) anamalaiensis, new species : 

 a. Dorsal, and b, lateral, views of head of soldier. X 37. c. View 

 of mandible, greatly enlarged 



tennae with 12 or 13 segments, third segment always longer than 

 the second, fourth, or fifth segments, sometimes nearly as long as 

 fourth and fifth. Pronotum yellow, darker, and emarginate an- 

 teriorly. Abdomen dirty gray, tergites with short hairs, and a row 

 of bristles at the base of each tergite. 



Measurements. — Length of entire soldier. 4 mm; length of head 

 with nasus, 1.9 mm; length of head without nasus (to anterior 

 margin), 1.15 mm; length of nasus, 0.75 mm; length of pronotum, 

 0.25 mm ; length of hind tibia, 1.3 mm ; width of head, 1.2 mm ; width 

 of pronotum, 0.5 mm. 



Type locality. — Anamalai Hills, 2,400 feet, Madras. 



Gotypes. — Soldiers, tube 5, in British Museum, Forest Research In- 

 stitute, Dehra Dun, United Provinces, India, and U.S.N.M. No. 44105. 



