381 MR. G. D. HAVILAND ON TERMITES. 



the middle of the wing ; the submedian gives off 5 broad un- 

 braached offsets, and 5 or 6 more slender branched ones. Dorsum 

 of abdomen flat. Abdominal papillae short and widely separate. 



Female with ventral plate of 7th segment 1'5 mm. long, 4 mm. 

 broad, The abdomen of the queen reaches a length of 60 mm. 



Soldiers : the larger 13 mm. long. The head 4"7 mm. long, 4 mm. 

 broad, ovate-quadrate, ferruginous. Eye-spot pale, very obscure. 

 Fenestra very minute. Antennae of 17 segments. Labrum 

 ovate, the white tip obtuse, reaching beyond the middle of the 

 mandibles. Mandibles 2*4 mm. long, upcurved, with piercing-tip 

 and toothless cutting-margin. Grula "8 mm. broad, nearly uniform. 

 Prouotum lobed anteriorly and posteriorly, the lateral margin 

 rounded, more sharply in front than behind. The mesonotum 

 and metanotum nearly as broad as the pronotum, and with 

 uniformly rounded lateral margins. Dorsum of abdomen hairy, 

 hind femora not reaching the end of the abdomen. Abdominal 

 papillae present. The smaller 7 mm. long; head 3 mm. long, 

 2"5 mm. broad ; mandibles 2 mm. long. 



Worker 6 mm. long. Head castaneous, 2"6 mm. broad. 

 Antennae of 18 segments. Epistoma convex. Dorsum of abdomen 

 arched. Papillas present. 



Nests forming mounds 4 feet high. E-oyal cell part of a large 

 mass. 



Bah. Natal. 



Section with Termes vulgaris for Type. 



Male large. Antennae of 19 segments, the 3rd shorter than 

 the 2nd. Fenestra absent or obscure. Epistoma prominent and 

 rounded. The median nerve runs midway between the subcostal 

 and submedian, and branches 3 or 4 times. The hind legs reach 

 to the end of the abdomen. Abdomen broad. 



Female with the abdomen enlarging to an enormous size. The 

 cuticle laterally with numerous brown pigment-spots. 



Soldier usually of one size only. Antennae of 16 or 17 seg- 

 ments, the 2nd large, the 3rd short. Labrum with bristles, without 

 transparent tip. Mandibles black, upcurved, with pointed in- 

 curved tip, the cutting-margin with a small tooth in the middle, 

 more distinct upon the left side. Gula broad, narrower in the 

 upper third. Thorax narrow, the pronotum projecting but little, 

 the mesonotum and metanotum scarcely at all, beyond the under- 

 parts. Hind legs slender, reaching beyond the apex of the 

 abdomen. 



