TERMITIDES. 505 



the body ; veins along the costa tawny ; subcostal space slightly 

 tawny, with six or more very oblique transverse veins ; space between 

 the subcostal vein and the discal vein rather closely and irregularly 

 reticulated ; discal vein emitting about ten secondary veins, some 

 of which are forked, and the spaces between them are more or less 

 reticulated. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 

 a. ? 



3. TEEMES LUCIFUGUS. 



Fuscus ; ore, antennis pedibusque pallidis ; alis purpureo-micanti- 

 bus. Long. 2^ ; alar. 4 lin. 



Termes lucifugus, Rossi, Faun. Etrusc. Mant. i. p. 107, pi. 5, 

 f. k. Latr. Gen. Cr. et Ins. iii. 206, 1. Blanch. Hist. Ins. 

 47, 4. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 764, 2. Guer. Icon. Regne 

 Anim. Ins. pi. 63, f. 3. Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 204, 6. 



South Europe. 



T. lucifugus ? Piceous, partly testaceous, linear, bare, shining, 

 rather broad : head subelliptical, rather flattened on the disk, as 

 broad as the thorax : prothorax full twice broader than long ; sides 

 nearly straight : abdomen subfusiform, longer and a little broader 

 than the thorax: legs testaceous; fourth joint of the tarsi much 

 longer than all the others ; wings removed. Length of the body 

 2 lines. 



a. Marseilles. 



T. lucifugus P Tawny ; underside, head in front, antenna?, 

 palpi and legs testaceous : ocelli two, one on each side very near 

 the eye : abdomen slightly widening from the base to the tip : wings 

 removed. Length of the body 1 J line. 



a. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Piceous, narrower than the first : head in front, antenna?, tibiae 

 and tarsi tawny : abdomen not broader than the thorax : wings re- 

 moved. Length of the body If line, 

 a, b. ? 



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