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to be regarded as a sub-species. The wings of imagos from 

 Pretoria nests are longer than those of insects from near the 

 Natal type-locality, the span being 70 to 72 mm. against 65 to 

 66 mm. ; these latter have, however, a greater span than specimens 

 from Durban of which the span is 62 to 63 mm. The shortest 

 winged I have seen of latericiuSy a male from Pietermaritzburg, 

 has a span of 60 mm. This leads me to question the wing- 

 length of 26 mm. given by Haviland. This measurement would 

 give a span of either 54 or 56 nmi., which is far short of 60 mm. 

 I therefore conclude that the figure 26 in Haviland*s paper is a 

 misprint for 29. 



Localities: Natal: Generally distributed. TRANSVAAL: 

 Barberton, De Wildt, Groot Marico, Louis Trichardt, Narboom- 

 spruit, Pretoria, Pietersburg, Pienaars River Rail, Warmbaths. 



Sub-Genus Odontotermes Holmgren in part. 



Odontotermes badius (Haviland) (1898). 



= Termes badius Hav. Sjostedt (1900 and 1904). 



=^ Termes badius Hav. Fuller (1915) (1920). 



The imago was described by Sjostedt from Transvaal speci- 

 mens. The characters given apply to all the winged I have 

 seen from elevations ranging from 2,600 to 6,000 ft. but on the 

 Natal-Zululand coast the wings are much shorter. For this 

 reason I propose to call the coast variety form Uttoralis. 



There are not two distinct soldier castes, but in any nest 

 series the soldiers may vary considerably in size, intergrading 

 from small to large. Ordinarily their antennae are XVII jointed, 

 but many may iiave antennae of XVI joints this number predomin- 

 ating among members of more juvenile communities. 



The workers are in two castes and most have antennae of 

 XVIII joints. 



Localities: TRANSVAAL: Benoni (5350) ; De Wildt (4000) ; 

 Duivelskloof (3000) ; Germiston (5470) ; Heidelberg (5020) ; 

 Haenertsburg (4600) ; Johannesburg (5480) ; Krugersdorp 

 (5700); Klerksdorp (4340); Lichtenburg (4880); Pietpot- 

 gietersrust (3860) Pretoria (4470); Pienaars River Rail 



