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trees but does not cause any extensive dying of trees. Kalotermes 
immigrans Snyder, believed to have been Kalotermes margini- 
penms Latr. of North and Central America and the West Indies, 
is believed to have been introduced. This species occurs in 
dead trees and other timbers on the lowlands. Nevertheless it 
is known to have been present in Hawaii since 1883, which is 
also the first record of Neotermes connexrus. Cryptotermes 
piceatus Snyder, believed to have been Cryptotermes brevis 
Walker, has been known to occur in Hawaii only since 1904, 
and with Coptotermes intrudens Oshima, known to occur in 
Hawaii only since 1913, is responsible for the greater part of 
the destruction of the woodwork of buildings, furniture and 
other timber in Honolulu. Both of these termites are supposed 
to have been introduced into Hawaii and are confined prin- 
cipally to Honolulu, although spreading rapidly. 
The species in the family Kalotermitidae occurring in Hawaii 
are related to species occurring in the United States and the 
West Indies, whereas Coptotermes itrudens is related to a 
species of Coptotermes, namely formosanus Shiraki, of Japan 
and Formosa. It may be that some of these species have been 
introduced into Hawaii and have since developed into distinct 
species. However, Neotermes connexus and Neotermes con- 
nexus, var. major seem to be native species and I should not 
be surprised if Kalotermes immigrans were also native. A single 
specimen, possibly a variety of this species, collected at Waikiki 
is lighter colored, longer, with longer, wider head, and has the 
pronotum relatively shorter in proportion to its width; the wings 
are also longer; membrane of wing rugose between median and 
subcosta. Of course it may be that it has been introduced and 
it is splitting up into varieties. Another species collected on 
Hawaii, at Hilo in July, 1900, by H. W. Henshaw, is appar- 
ently new. More material is needed to definitely determine 
whether these are varieties or distinct species. 
Recently Claude Fuller has described a species of Crypto- 
termes from Durban, South Africa, which is very close if not 
identical with Cryptotermes brevis Walker of Southern Florida 
and the West Indies. Fuller named this species pseudobrevts. 
It was confined to one carpenter shop in one locality. Such 
species of termites living in dry, sound wood may easily become 
