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CAPRITERMES (NEOCAPRITERMES) HOPKINSI. new species 



Soldier (figs. 3 a and h). — Head light yellow-brown, with reddish- 

 brown tinge anteriorl}'^, sides head not parallel but head broader 

 anteriorly than posteriorly, pale reddish-brown longitudinal median 

 line ends at frontal gland which is a pale reddish-brown point at 

 the apex of the epicranial suture, head with scattered long hairs, 

 most numerous anteriorly. Mandibles black, relatively short and 

 broad, bowed and bent downward at about middle, asymmetrical, 

 left longer than right. Labrum light yellow-brown, elongate, nar- 

 rowed toward apex and bilobed — middle of apex concave and sides 

 j)rolonged into points. The gula is slender at the middle. 



Antenna dark yellow-brown, 16 segments, pubescent; third seg- 

 ment shorter than second or fourth segments, third and fourth being 

 bead-like ; fifth segment broader and longer than fourth ; from sixth 

 segment to twelfth segments become longer and broader and are sub- 

 clavate; segments thirteenth to sixteenth narrower and shorter; last 

 segment pointed at apex. 



Pronotum light yellow, darker at margins, saddle-shaped, mark- 

 edly emarginate anteriorly and slightly posteriorly, anterior margin 

 not steeply raised up, with long hairs. 



Legs with yellowish tinge, elongate, slender, pubescent. 



Abdomen dirty gray with tinge of yellow, with reddish-brown, 

 dense, long hairs. 



Measurements. — 



Length of entire soldier, 9.75-10.25 mm. 



Length of head with mandibles, 5.5-6.0 mm. 



Length of head without mandibles (to anterior), 3.55-3.6 mm. 



Length of left mandible, 2.25 mm. 



Length of hind tibia, 1.45-1.50 mm. 



Length of pronotum, 0.75 mm. 



Width of head at anterior (where broadest), 1.90 mm. 



Width of head at posterior, 1.65-1.70 mm. 



Width of pronotum, 1.10 mm. 



C. hopkinsi is close to C. (N.) talpa Holmgren but differs from the 

 description in larger size, in not having sides of head parallel, rela- 

 tively longer mandibles, fourth segment of antennae much smaller 

 than second, and emarginate anterior margin of pronotum. Named 

 in honor of Dr. A. D. Hopkins, Forest Entomologist of the Bureau 

 of Entomology since 1902. 



Type locality. — I von, Bolivia. 



Described from two soldiers collected witli workers at the type 

 locality in February 1922, by W. M. Mann. 



Type, sohlier.— Cat. No. 27675, U.S.N.M. 



