Nov., '06] 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



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Cryptotermes cavifrons n. sp. 



Soldier. — Yellowish brown, abdomen whitish, antennae white, ante- 

 rior part of head and the mandibles jet black. Head greatly enlarged in 

 front so that seen from above it is nearly square, constricted sides, and 

 an emarginate front-line, in front there is a great, broad cavity from 

 antennae and mandibles up to vertex, the mandibles are large and long, 

 and much curved; the antennae are about as long as head, with 13 joints. 

 The pronotum is broader than long, with slightly convex sides. The 

 eyes are distinct, a little behind antennae. 



Winged male. — Pale yellowish brown, legs and antennae paler; wings 

 hyaline, the costal veins yellowish ; a black dot each side on front of 



a, side of head. 



b, top of head and prothorax. 



c, prothorax of winged male. 



d, tarsus. 



pronotum. Eyes large, nearly reaching antennal sockets. Wings quite 

 long, a subcostal vein to tip, a radius with branches ending at same 

 place as subcosta ; in fore-wings the radius has three oblique branches, 

 running into subcosta, the first arising beyond middle of wing, the second 

 before end of first, the third opposite end of second ; in hind-wings 

 there is also a cross-vein beyond the third branch. Antennae with six- 

 teen joints ; pronotum broader than long, corners rounded. 



Worker. — Pale whitish or yellowish. Antennae eleven or twelve- 

 jointed. 



Several specimens from Kissimmee, Florida, in rotten wood. 



Termopsis laticeps n. sp. 



Soldier. — Head bright red-brown, darkest in front; mandibles shin- 

 ing black ; pronotum reddish yellow ; abdomen and legs pale yellowish ; 

 antennae yellowish brown. Similar in most respects to T. angusticollis, 

 but the head is much broader, especially behind, than in that species ; 

 the pronotum, however, is not broader, so that the head behind is twice 

 as wide as the pronotum; antennae about twenty-two- jointed. 



Winged male. — Similar to T. angusticollis. but with a slightly broader 

 head ; the eyes much larger than in that species ; their anterior edge 

 reaching the antennal sockets. The costal margin of the wings is much 

 paler than in T. angusticollis, but the venation is similar to that species. 



Several from Florence and Douglas, Arizona, August (Snow 

 and Biederman). 



