506 TERMITIDES. 



4. Termes castaneus. 



Flavo-castaneus ; fronte return ; alee costis marginalibus tribus cor- 

 nels. Long. 3 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Termes castaneus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 2, 764, 3. 

 California and Porto Rico. 



T. California P — Pale ferruginous, sublinear, bare, shining, 

 tawny beneath : head elliptical, flat above, with an impression be- 

 tween the eyes and another between the antennae, testaceous in 

 front, a little broader than the thorax, with a black spot on each 

 side in front of the base of the antenna : ocelli none : clypeus rather 

 long: antennae with about twenty-seven joints, a little longer than 

 the head : prothorax nearly twice broader than long, with a slight 

 longitudinal furrow, convex on each side and behind, slightly con- 

 cave in front : abdomen subfusiform, a little broader but not longer 

 than the thorax, with two short quadriarticulate pubescent appen- 

 dages at the tip : legs tawny ; tibia? with a few short spines ; fourth 

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

 pale brown, full twice the length of the body, thickly reticulated 

 with veinlets which mostly form irregular quadrilateral areolets ; 

 six very oblique transverse veins along the fore border, the four last 

 connected by transverse veinlets. Length of the body 4£ lines; of 

 the wings 20 lines. 



a — d. California. From M. Hartweg's collection. 



5. Termes nasutus. 



Fuscus ; ore, antennis, ■pedibus ventreque Jlavo-rufis ; fronte cor- 

 nuta. Long. 3 ; alar, o lin. 



Phryganea nasuta, Deg. Ins. iii. 367, pi. 27, f. 6, 7. 



Hernerobius maru;inaliis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 912, 9. 



Termes monoceros, Kbnig, Berl. Schrift. iv. pi. 1. Perty, Delect. 



Anim. Artie. 127, pi. 25, f. 10. 

 Termes nasutus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii, 2, 764, 4. 



Surinam. 



