372 ME. G. D. HATILAND ON TERMITES. 



There are a few species in Africa and in the North-west of 

 India. 



HoDOTEEMES Havilandi, Sharp. (PI. 23. figs. 1, 2.) 



Soldier 13 mm. long ; head ferruginous, mandibles with black 

 tips, antennae, thorax, and abdomen ochroleucous. Head sub- 

 quadrate, breadth from 3*5 mm. to 4'2 mm., length slightly less. 

 A pale spot in the position of the ocellus. Antennae of 27 to 28 

 segments. Labrum 1*5 mm. broad by '7 mm. long. Mandibles 

 2'7 mm. long; apical tooth strong, subulate; middle tobth sub- 

 triangular, basal tooth short and broad. Grula 2 mm. long, its 

 distal half broad and free. Pronotum with strong antero-lateral 

 processes, converging lateral margins, and a more or less con- 

 cave posterior margin. Mesonotum with uniformly rounded 

 lateral margins, and slightly convex posterior margin. Meta- 

 notura with rounded lateral margins ; the posterior margin has a 

 broad central lobe, but is concave towards either side. 



Worker 10 mm. long, more or less purple castaneous. Head 

 to 3'5 mm. broad. Antennae of 30 to 32 segments. Pronotum 

 narrower than the mesonotum. Pemora reaching to the apex of 

 the abdomen. 



Hah. Natal {Colenso, TVeenen). 



Gren. Tekmopsis, Seer. 



Eyes small. Ocelli absent. Fenestra absent. Antennae of 

 23 to 27 (?) segments. ' Y-snture obscure. Pronotum nearly 

 flat, with concave anterior margin. Legs stout, the proximal 

 segment of the tarsus scarcely longer than the next. Posterior 

 femora not nearly reaching the end of the abdomen. Cerci 

 long, 4- to 6-segmented. Abdominal papillae slender, but absent 

 in the female. 



Male with head ovate. Antennas of 27(?) segments. Epistoma 

 not prominent. Tarsi with plantulae. Anterior wing-stumps 

 with convex margin, much larger than the posterior, and over- 

 lapping them at the base. Wings less than 4 times as long as 

 broad, the costal area traversed by several strong branches of 

 the subcostal nerve. The areas of the wing occupied by reticulated 

 nervures. 



Soldier with large quadrate head, bright testaceous in colour, 

 posteriorly ochraceous. Some of the soldiers have eyes, more 

 often they have none. Antennae of 23 to 25 segments. There 



