520 TERMITIDES. 



24. Termes Rippertit. 



Ferrugineus; caput piceum, antice fulvum; antenna lute a ; ab- 

 dominis segmenla testaceo marginata ; pedes lutei ; aim sub- 

 cinerece, costa fusca apice lutea. 



Termes Bippertii, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 308, 15. 



Havanah. 



Ferruginous, shining, pubescent, nearly linear, luteous beneath : 

 head short-elliptical, piceous, longer than broad, tawny in front, 

 hardly narrower than the thorax : ocelli two, one on each side, close 

 to the eye : antennae luteous, 15-jointed, a little longer than the 

 head; joints of equal length: prothorax much broader than long, 

 slightly concave in front, convex along the hind border, very convex 

 on each side : abdomen longer and a little broader than the thorax ; 

 hind borders of the segments testaceous: legs luteous ; fourth joint 

 of the tarsi longer than all the rest together : wings pale gray, 

 slightly opaque ; fore border brown, luteous towards the tip ; sub- 

 costal space with numerous oblique, indistinct, transverse veins ; 

 longitudinal vein behind them emitting two branches; discal lon- 

 gitudinal vein emitting nine oblique secondary veins. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a — d. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



25. Termes trinervius. 



Termes trinervius, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 308, 16. 

 Senegal. 



T. trinervius? Ferrugineus; corpore subtus, prothorace, abdo- 

 minis segmentorum marginibus pedibusque luteis ; antenna 

 testacece ; alee cinereoe, ad costam lutece. 



Ferruginous, shining, pubescent, linear, luteous beneath : head 

 snbelliptical, piceous, very much longer than broad, luteous in front, 

 hardly narrower than the thorax : ocelli two, one on each side, close 

 to the eye: mandibles acute, bidentate, black towards the tips: 

 antennae testaceous, not longer than the head: prothorax luteous, 



