508 TERMITIDES. 



7. TERMES VIATOR. 



Fuscus ; ore, antennis, pedibusque dilutioribus ; fronte bipunctata ; 

 ocellis nullis ; alarum costis 3-4 maryinalibus cornels. Long. 

 6lin. 



Termes capensis, Deg. vii. 24, pi. 38, f. 1 4. 



Termes viator, Latr. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxii. 49 ; Hist. Nat. 



Cr. et Ins. xiii. 51. Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 91, 6, annot. Burm. 



Handb. EnL ii. 2, 765, 6. 

 Termes viarum, Konig, BerL Schrift. vi. pi. 1. 



Cape. 



Female, Queen. Head and thorax ferruginous: abdomen 

 whitish. Length of the body 42 lines; breadth of the body 18 

 lines : length of the head 1 line ; of the thorax 2 lines. 



a. (In spirits). Cape Coast Castle. Presented by Williams, 

 Esq. 



Soldier. Testaceous, pubescent, shining : head subelliptical, 

 broader and longer than the thorax, rather flat above, with a black 

 spot on each side by the base of the clypeus : eyes small: ocelli 

 none: antennae with twenty-seven or more short joints, shorter than 

 the head : prothorax nearly twice broader than long, narrower be- 

 hind, with a tranverse furrow, in front of which it is slightly elevated 

 and applied to the head ; fore border nearly straight : abdomen as 

 long as the thorax, with a very short filament on each side at the 

 tip : legs long ; fourth joint of the tarsi a little longer than all the 

 other joints. Length of the body 6 lines. 



a. South Africa. From Mr. Pearson's collection. 



Labourer. Pale brown, testaceous beneath: head short ellip- 

 tical, piceous, very much broader than the thorax, with a testaceous 

 dot on each side between the eyes : clypeus testaceous along the 

 fore border : eyes small : ocelli none : mandibles short, triangular, 

 armed with short obtuse teeth : palpi testaceous ; tips pale brown : 

 antennae pale brown, testaceous at the base, shorter than the head: 

 hind borders of the segments of the thorax and of the abdomen 

 and legs testaceous. Length of the body 5 lines. 



a. South Africa. From Mr. Pearson's collection. 



