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5. Termes vulgaris Hav. In my " Observations on S.A. 

 Termites" (1915) there are several references to vulgaris that 

 relate to angustatus, the errors being due to my having confused the 

 soldiers of the tv/o species. The mating recorded for vulgaris, 

 pages 340-1, relates wholly to angusiatus. In the description 

 of the nest, pages 391-3, several lines, four at the end of the 

 first paragraph and four at the end of the discussion, relate to the 

 nests of angusiatus, as such are found in the Transvaal. Into the 

 »?escnptions of the soldier and worker, characters of angustatus 

 hav*' been incorporated, especially as regards the antennae and 

 measurements. 



6. Termes later icius Hav. In the observations mentioned 

 above (1915) there is a description of the mating of latericius 

 en page 339. This relates wholly to hadius. T. latericius 

 seems to take to wing mainly after dark and the mating of the 

 sexes has not yet been observed in Pretoria. Mating takes place 

 in Natal in the morning. The females alight on the ground and 

 vibrate their wings as do the females of badius. Further, figure 

 6, Plate XXXI shows two nests; that in the foreground is a 

 nest of latericius whilst the tall chimney indicates the nest site of 

 transvaalensis. 



7. Termes monodon Gerst. In the " Observations *' (1915) 

 I have questioned the identity of monodon and hadius, pages 

 456 and 475. From an examination of specimens of monodon^ 

 lujae, kindly placed at my disposal by Dr. Wassmann, it is 

 abundantly clear that monodon and hadius are quite distinct. 

 According to Sjostedt (1900) there are seven soldiers of 

 monodon from the Transvaal in the Berlin Museum. To the 

 present I have not met v^th monodon in S. Africa. 



Sub-Genus TerMES s.str.. 



Termes capensis De Geer (1778). 



One of the localities recorded by Hagen (1858) for this species 

 is Gambia. This should be disregarded. The record for 

 '* Kaffirland " has been shown by Sjostedt (1900) to relate to 

 T. caffrariae. From Sparrman's account of his expedition 



