TERMITIDES. 507 



T. nasutus ? Piceous, sublinear, pubescent, shining, testace- 

 ous beneath : head nearly elliptical, depressed above, testaceous to- 

 wards the mouth, full as broad as the thorax : ocelli two, one on 

 each side, at some distance from the eye : antennae tawny, a little 

 longer than the head : prothorax twice broader than long, slightly 

 concave in front, almost straight behind, convex on each side : ab- 

 domen subfusiform, luteous beneath, a little broader but hardly 

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

 much longer than all the other joints : wings grayish brown, full 

 twice the length of the body ; veins brown ; transverse veins before 

 and behind the subcostal vein indistinct ; discal longitudinal veins 

 with about twelve distinct secondary veins. Length of the body 3 

 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



b. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



6. TERMES OCHRACEUS. 



Totus testaceus ; alee subcinerece, areolis reticulatis, costa margi- 

 noli necnon venarum prima cum ramis omnibus cornels. 

 Long. 4 ; alar. 9 lin. 



Termes ochraceus, JBurm. Handb. Ent. ii. 2, 765, 5. Descript. de 

 VEgypte, Neur. pi. 2, f. 11. Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 

 303, 2. 



Egypt. 



T. ochraceus ? Pale luteous, shining, pubescent, nearly linear, 

 testaceous beneath : head nearly elliptical, hardly depressed above, 

 as broad as the thorax : ocelli two, one on each side close to the 

 eye : mandibles mostly black : antennae pale testaceous, longer than 

 the head : prothorax very much broader than long ; fore border 

 hardly concave ; sides and hind border hardly convex: abdomen 

 slightly increasing in breadth towards the tip, a little broader but 

 not longer than the thorax : legs pale testaceous : wings slightly 

 testaceous, nearly twice the length of the body, a little opaque and ru- 

 gulose : veins pale ; transverse veins between the costa and the sub- 

 costa distinct. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a, b. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



