504 TEEMITIDES. 



T.jiamcollis P Piceous, rather flat, very thinly pubescent, sub- 

 linear : head oval, very much longer than broad, tawny in front and 

 with a convex protuberance of that colour between the eyes, nearly 

 as broad as the thorax : ocelli two, small, one on each side at some 

 little distance from the eye: mandibles small, acute, black towards 

 the tips : antenna? tawny, as long as the head, with not less than 

 twenty joints: prothorax scutcheon-shaped; fore border nearly 

 straight, indented in the middle ; hind border convex, much nar- 

 rower : mesothorax and metathorax with the basal parts of wings : 

 abdomen fusiform, with nine segments of nearly equal size, longer 

 than the thorax: legs tawny ; fourth joint of the tarsi longer than 

 all the preceding joints. Length of the body 4£ lines. 



a. West Coast of Africa. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



2. Termes pallidus. 



Flavo-rufus,T. flavicolli similis, minor; antennis pedibusque palli- 

 dis ; femoribus crassis ; alis albis, venis costalibus rufis. 



Termes pallidus, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 303, 3. 



Smaller than T.flavicollis, entirely yellowish red: prothorax 

 almost like that of T. flavicollis : feelers and legs pale ; thighs 

 very short and thick : wings white, slightly rugose ; the two costal 

 veins red ; costal space traversed by 4 — 5 veinlets ; secondary veins 

 moderately numerous and distinct ; first of the two longitudinal 

 veins bent after its middle to the second costal vein which it joins. 



Isle of France. 



T. pallidus P — Tawny, almost bare, testaceous beneath : head 

 elliptical, longer than broad, as broad as the thorax, testaceous in 

 front, with a very slight furrow on the disk : ocelli none : mandibles 

 short, broad, black towards the tips, with two teeth: antennae pu- 

 bescent, with more than fifteen joints, not longer than the head ? 

 joints increasing in length towards the tips : prothorax twice broader 

 than long, slightly concave in front and equally convex behind ; 

 sides somewhat rounded : abdomen subelliptical, shorter and a 

 little broader than the thorax : legs testaceous, pubescent ; fourth 

 joint of the tarsi twice the length of all the preceding joints : wings 

 dingy white, slightly rugulose and opaque, very much longer than 



