122 Claude Fuller 



cc. Nasum obscurely tipped with red. When antennae 

 XIV. jointed, joint III. as long as II. 



fusGus sp. n. 

 BB. Major nasutu with nasum about as long as head- 

 height. Head thick. Extreme tip of nasum more or 

 less obscurely reddish. 



c. When antennae XIV. jointed, joint III. longer than 

 11. (6:4). 



gemellus Sj. 

 BBB, Major nasutu with nasum shorter than headheight. 

 Head thick and short. Antennae XIII. jointed. Tip of 

 nasum plainly reddish. 



c. Hind margin of antennal foveola before half the 

 length of head. Headwidth 1.15. 



umzinduzii sp.- n. 

 CO, Hind margin of antennal foveola at half the length 

 of head. Headwidth 1.21. 



pretoriensis sp. n. 



VII. HAMITERMES GROUP. 



Genus HAMITERMES. 



No representatives of this genus have yet come to notice in 

 that part of South Africa which is uninhabited by Hodolermei 

 s. lat. The Southern region, as represented by the Cape Province, 

 seems particularly rich in species and to favour the abundance 

 of colonies. The further north one comes, the less frequently 

 are nests of the genus found. From the collections before me, it 

 wrould appear that each terrain supports two or three species. 

 This is not reflected by those here treated because I have been 

 compelled to vv^ithhold a number of species in the absence of 

 imagos, deeming it most undesirable, as w^th Trmerviiermes^ 

 to erect species upon the characters of soldiers. 



As v^th Trinervitermes, so with Hamitermes, I have found so 

 many characters common to the imagos or to the soldiers, that I 

 have again contented myself with tabulating those differences 

 that appear to me to be specific, introducing whenever possible 

 qualifying soldier characters into the synopsis of the imagos. I 

 have no reason to believe that any of the species under reference 

 belong otherwise than to Hamitermes s. str. (sensu Holmgren). 



The remarks made regarding the synopses submitted for the 

 preceding group, hold good for the synopsis bearing upon this- 

 It has only to be added that: 



