506 TEEMITIDES. 



4. TERMES CASTANEUS. 



Flavo-castaneus ; fronte retusa ; alee costis marginalibus tribus cor- 

 neis. Long. 3 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Termes castaneus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 2, 764, 3. 

 California and Porto Rico. 



T. California ? Pale ferruginous, subliuear, bare, shining, 

 tawny beneath : head elliptical, flat above, with an impression be- 

 tween the eyes and another between the antennae, testaceous in 

 front, a little broader than the thorax, with a black spot on each 

 side in front of the base of the antenna : ocelli none : clypeus rather 

 long: antennaB with about twenty-seven joints, a little longer than 

 the head : prothorax nearly twice broader than long, with a slight 

 longitudinal furrow, convex on each side and behind, slightly con- 

 cave in front : abdomen subfusiform, a little broader but not longer 

 than the thorax, with two short quadriarticulate pubescent appen- 

 dages at the tip : legs tawny ; tibiae with a few short spines ; fourth 

 joint of the tarsi twice the length of all the other joints: wings 

 pale brown, full twice the length of the body, thickly reticulated 

 with veinlets which mostly form irregular quadrilateral areolets ; 

 six very oblique transverse veins along the fore border, the four last 

 connected by transverse veinlets. Length of the body 4 J- lines ; of 

 the wiugs 20 lines. 



a d. California. From M. Hartweg's collection. 



5. TERMES NASUTUS. 



Fuscus ; ore, antennis, pedibus ventreque Jtavo-rufis ; fronte cor- 

 nuta. Long. 3 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Phryganea nasuta, Deg. Ins. iii. 367, pi. 27, f. 6, 7. 



Hemerobius martjinatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 912, 9. 



Termes monoceros, Koniy, Berl. Schrift. iv. pi. 1. Perty, Delect. 



Anim. Artie. 127, pi. 25, f. 10. 

 Termes nasutus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 2, 764, 4. 



Surinam. 



