On a new Termite from Mesopotamia. 477 



rence of luminous centipedes in the same county is not without 

 interest. 



Our knowledge of the " myriapod" fauna of Lincolnshire 

 and Norfolk is still too incomplete for a profitable examination 

 into the influence of such local factors as geology, altitude, 

 vegetation, and rainfall. 



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LV. — A neio Termite from Mesopotamia. 

 By Prof. F. ISILVESTRI. 



[Plate XX.] 



Microcerotermes diversus, sp. n. 



Mas alatus. Corpus (in alcool) pallide ochrolencum capite 

 et pronoto fulvo-ochraceis, alis hyalinis nervulis majoribus 

 pallide fulvescentibus. 



