2<)1 



$ 3.5 mm. long. !)lack, ihe face, orbits of the cyo ami aiilennac l)asally 

 reddish brown to testaceous, legs, mandibles, palpi and sternites of UK- 

 abdomen (extending on to the tergite of the 2n(l segment laterall_\ and 

 the posterior margin of the following segments) luteous. 



Described from 1!) females and 7 males ' iype, alloivpc 

 and paratypes), reared at Bniteiizorg', .la\a. from jjiipae <>f 

 Dacus ferruijiiieus in frnits of Capsiruiii . I»y !'. van der (joot, 

 10.8.1s. Types in colleetidii II. S. i\ A. Kxp. Sta.. II<.no- 

 luln. 



A New Species of Immigrant Termite from the 

 Hawaiian Islands, 



i;v MAS.VMii'sr osiiiii.v. 

 Of the Institute of Scieace. Covernment of Formosa. 



In the followinii' is i>ivcn the recoi'd of an inimi<:ranr ter- 

 mite, wliieh first a])])eared in Ilonolnlu in ItU:) and lia- >n<'- 

 eeeded in beeomina' firmly established there. S])eeimen- were 

 forwarded to me by Mr. I). T. Fnllaway, Entomoloiiist of ihe 

 Hawaiian Board of Aii'rienltnre an<l Forestry. .Vceordini: to 

 his information, it is doiiiii' eonsideralile ihiinaiic in ihe city dl 

 TTonolnln, eomph^tely honeyecjmbinii' wood-] )i'od nets and wood- 

 work. It does not bnild monnds like many Iropiral specie-. Iml 

 makes^its nest in or near the gronnd, usinii' a eonsidei'aMe 

 amomit of soil; it forms very large colonies; it hnilds enxcred 

 passage-ways when it comes to tlu^ snrfaee. 



Xo doid)t these are eharaetei'istie of the tei'inites ai'onped in 

 the genns Coptotcniirs. most formidable pests in wooden -irnc- 

 tnres. After examining the specimens, T came to the coneln- 

 sion that the present species is new to science. I'elaled xci'V 

 closely, howev(>r, lo ( 'oplolrrmrs forinosaniis Shiraki. fi'oni 

 .Japan and Foi-mosa. I'p to llie j)resent, tiiei'e i- ne ricnnj 

 with regard to the occnrrence of Coptotermcs in ihe llawaiian 

 Islands. Therelore. il is reasonable to lielie\'e ihal ii has 

 been inti'odnee<l from Sonth America or the ()riein, a- >mi- 

 gested by .Mr. Fnllaway. 



Proc. Haw. Entom. .Soc. IV. Xo. 2. Juno. igjo. 



