520 TERMITIDES. 



24. TEBMES RIPPEBTII. 



Ferrugineus ; caput piceum, antice fulvum ; antennae lutece ; ab- 

 dominis segmenta teslaceo marginata ; pedes lutei ; alee sub- 

 cinerece, costafusca apice lutea. 



Tennes Rippertii, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 308, 15. 

 Havauah. 



Ferruginous, shining, pubescent, nearly linear, luteous beneath : 

 head short-elliptical, piceous, longer than broad, tawny in front, 

 hardly narrower than the thorax : ocelli two, one on each side, close 

 to the eye : antennae luteous, 15-jointed, a little longer than the 

 head ; joints of equal length: prothorax much broader than long, 

 slightly concave in front, convex along the hind border, very convex 

 on each side : abdomen longer and a little broader than the thorax ; 

 hind borders of the segments testaceous : legs luteous ; fourth joint 

 of the tarsi longer than all the rest together : wings pale gray, 

 slightly opaque ; fore border brown, luteous towards the tip ; sub- 

 costal space with numerous oblique, indistinct, transverse veins ; 

 longitudinal vein behind them emitting two branches; discal lon- 

 gitudinal vein emitting nine oblique secondary veins. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a d. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



25. TEBMES TRINEBVIUS. 



Termes trinervius, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 308, 16. 

 Senegal. 



T. trinervius? Ferrugineus; corpore subtus, prothorace, abdo- 

 minis segmentorum marginibus pedibusque luteis ; antennce 

 testacece ; alee cinerece, ad costam lutece. 



Ferruginous, shining, pubescent, linear, luteous beneath : head 

 subelliptical, piceous, very much longer than broad, luteous in front, 

 hardly narrower than the thorax : ocelli two, one on each side, close 

 to the eye : mandibles acute, bidentate, black towards the tips : 

 antennae testaceous, not longer than the head : prothorax luteous, 



