42 BULLETIN 108, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Soldier. — Yellowish; antennae, legs, and venter pale; mandibles, 



except base, red brown. Head about one and one-third times 



longer than broad, plainly broader behind than in front; labrum 



r- rather narrow, rounded on tip; 



,' \ \,y eyes hyaline; fontanelle very dis- 



I C f tinct, circular, situated a little be- 



^yyT^'*""— -A hind a lino connecting e3'es; man- 



^ \ dibles as long as width of head 



V \ -K at antennae, untoothed, with tips 



s.^ nc slightly curved; antennae fully as 



'^ long as head, 17-jointed, the hairs 



^ — '^'^->--.r>.^ °^ joints very long; gula about 



Js^ '^^'"vJ-P'^'^I^^ c=r one-half as wide in middle as in 



— ^ <>-'"'"'^ ^^ front; maxillary palpi very long, 



/ cTjp nearly as long as the mandibles; 



yCu legs rather long, femora slender; 



J pronotum nearly two and one-half 



w^^'""^''^"*'^^ times as broad as long, broadest 



^.^v» ^.-.^ I r near front; anterior margin slight- 



^ c^ ) r""^ ly concave, posterior sides sloping 



^VSta-\ a" ^^^ rounded into the convex hind 



v?>N- >- ''"^ ^ margin ; mesonotum and metano- 



FiG. 28.-])isTRiBUTioN OF pkorhinotermes tuui "svlth sldes rouiidcd into hind 

 SIMPLEX. ' margin. Body, legs, and anten- 



nae with many rather long white hairs. (Fig. 26, 2.) 

 Length, 5.5 to 6.5 mm. 



Occurs in Cuba (Santiago de las Vegas), Kingston, Jamaica, and 

 southern Florida. In Florida Adam Key (offshore coral reef ) , Miami 

 Beach, across Biscaj^ne Bay from Miami, and in the vicinit}^ of 

 Homestead are the only localities where this species has yet been 

 found. (Fig. 28.) 



Genus RETICULITERMES Holmgren. 



Winged. — Clypeus verj' short, nearly four times as broad as long, 

 strongly bilobed; fontanelle indistinct, situate as near vertex as 

 ch^peus; eyes nearly circular; ocelli distinct; antennae with joints 

 2, 3, and 4 very short; gula as broad as long. Pronotum subquad- 

 rangular, but the posterior sides more or less narrowed and rounded 

 into hind margin; forewing scales much larger than hind ones, and 

 longer than the pronotum. Wings slender, with many irregular 

 transverse veinlets connecting the longitudinal veins; the median 

 vein distinct, running nearer cubitus than to radial sector; near 

 tip of wing it bends down slightly. Legs reach beyond tip of the 

 body. 



