1889.: 



NEW-YORK MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



Eight species of Termites have been found upon the Isthmus 

 of Panama — three genera being represented, viz.: Calotermes, 

 Termes and Enter mes. According to Dr. H. Hagen Eutermes is 

 considered a sub-genus of Termes, owing to a peculiar venation 

 of the wing. There is great confusion in this classification as 

 applied to the species from the Isthmus. It puts species, hav- 

 ing soldiers with powerful mandibles, in the same genus with 

 species, having soldiers with a long beak. Upon the Isthmus, 

 the nests of the species having long beaks are so distinct in 



Fro. 1. — Nests of Eutermes. Pareut-nest on the truuk of a palm in the centre, con- 

 taining ten queens, and having two galleries conducting to the ground. Sup- 

 plemental nests, one on either side, containing no queens, but abounding with 

 eggs and yoiuig. 



character, from those of the species having soldiers with long 

 mandioles, that it hardly seems possible for them to belong to 

 the same genus. In describing the work of the different 

 species, those having soldiers with long beaks will be called 

 Eutfrmes in this Paper. 



In the United States three species of Termites have been 

 found, Termes flavipes, Kollar, being the most common. Its 

 attacks in this latitude are confined to books, and wood under- 

 going decay, it being especially fond of white-cedar hop-poles. 

 Dr. Hagen says the queen of this species has not been found. 



