ME. G. D. HAVILAND ON TEKMITES. 385 



Worker with head chitinized and coloured. Antennae of 

 17 segments. Fenestra absent. 



Fungus-growers. Nest terrestrial, with scarcely any mound. 

 Eoyal cell supported by delicate laminae o£ clay in the middle of 

 the nest. When the soldiers bite, they emit a milky fluid from 

 their mouths, white or coloured. 



To this section belong T. angustatus, T. capensis, and T. tapro- 

 ianes. 



Termes badius, n. sp. 



Male 11 mm. long; above latericious, below pale testaceous. 

 Ocelli large, separated from the eyes by more than a diameter. 

 Fenestra ill-defined and small. Antennae with the 2nd segment 

 long, the 3rd the shortest. Epistoma prominent. Pronotum 

 2*7 mm. broad, semilunar, the anterior border slightly raised, the 

 antero-lateral corners rounded. Posterior legs reaching beyond 

 the end of the abdomen. Abdominal papillae very minute. 



Female with the abdomen reaching to a length of 70 mm., the 

 lateral cuticle pigment-spotted. 



Soldier of two sizes : the larger 10 mm. long, the head 3"6 mm. 

 long, 3 mm. broad, ovate-quadrate, testaceous (in spirit-specimens 

 often badious). Eye-spot pale, with pigmented centre. Fenestra 

 absent. Antennae of 16 or 17 segments, the 2nd long, the 3rd 

 short. Labrum ovate on a broad base, with a few bristles near the 

 tip, reaching to one third of the mandibles. Mandibles 1*7 mm. 

 long, black except at the base, the tip incurved, the cutting- 

 margin with a large tooth near the middle. Gula 1'2 mm. broad, 

 narrow towards the apex. Pronotum 2 mm. broad, 1 mm. long, 

 anterior portion prominent, elevated, bilobed, meeting the lobed 

 posterior margin at a rounded angle. Meson otum and metanotum 

 narrower, flat, with rounded lateral margins. Hind femora 

 reaching to the ventral plate of the 5th abdominal segment. 

 Abdominal papillae present. The smaller soldiers 7 mm. long ; 

 head 2*5 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, mandibles 1'4. 



Worker 5 mm. long. Head ochroleucous, sometimes 2 mm. 

 broad. Fenestra represented by an obscure pale spot. Antennae 

 of 18 segments, the 2nd long, the 3rd and 4th very short. 

 Epistoma prominent. Hind legs exceeding the abdomen. 

 Abdomen ovoid, the dorsum somewhat arched. 



Fungus-growers. 



Rah. Natal. Type, No. 573. 



