TERMES. 5 



Hob. Porto-Rico (Moritz) ; Brazil, Congonhas (Burmeister). 

 Frequently found iu gum copal. 



4. T. Rippertii ! 



Termes Rippertii Ramb.! Neuropt. 308, 15. Walk.! Catal. 520, 4; 

 Hagen! Linn. XII, 218, 47 ; tab. ii, fig. 13 ; tab. iii, fig. 32. Linn. 

 XIV, 118. Termes destructor Perty ! Delect. 127; tab. xxv, fig. 9. 



Ferrugineous, head piceous, fulvous in front; the antennae, 

 feet, prothorax and abdomen beneath in the middle luteous ; wings 

 opaque, yellowish-gray, costal veins rufous ; head flat, with an 

 impressed line ; eyes very prominent, ocelli close to the eyes ; 

 prothorax semicircular, short; 



Length to tip of wings 14 18 millim. Body 5 T millim. 

 Expanse of wings 27 35 millim. 



Hob. Havana, Cuba (Rippert) ; Trinidad (Osten Sacken) ; Ja- 

 maica (Gosse) ; Columbia (Moritz) ; Brazil (Spix) ; Ypanema 

 (Natterer) ; New-Freiburg (Beschke) ; Isle of France ? (Collect. 

 de Selys). 



A damaged specimen from Yera Cruz (Salle") seems to belong 

 here. 



5. T. lividus ! 



Termes lividus Burm.! II, 767, 12. Walk. Catal. 515, 13. Hagen! Linn. 

 XII, 221, 49 ; tab. iii, fig. 33. 



Testaceous, the mouth, middle of the prothorax, antennae, feet, 

 and margins of the' abdominal segments luteous; wings opaque, 

 yellowish gray, costal veins rufous ; head small, flat, a small yellow 

 line upon the middle, ocelli large, approaching the eyes ; prothorax 

 almost orbicular. 



Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Body 6 millim. Expanse 

 of wings 27 millim. 



Hob. Port au Prince, St. Domingo (Ehrenberg). 



6. T. armiger! 



Termes armiger Motschulsky ! Etud. Ent. IV, 10. Hagen ! Linn. XII, 

 228, 52 ; tab. i, fig. 1. 



A nasute soldier. Rufous; thorax and feet a little paler ; head 

 pear-shaped, large, anteriorly porrected into a long nose ; mandi- 

 bles ensiform ; prothorax small, anterior lobe narrow, recurved, 

 anterior angles prominent, depressed, posterior margin rounded. 



Length of body 6 millim. 



