ME. G. D. HAVILAND ON TERMITES. 387 



Termes vulgaris, n. sp. (PI. 23. figs. 11-14.) 

 Male 14 mm. long, black, legs fuligiaous, antennse and man- 

 dibles testaceous, an obscure testaceous moth-shaped mark on the 

 pronotum. Ocelli distant 2 diameters from the eyes. Peuestra 

 absent. Antennae of 19 segments, the 2nd longer than the 3rd. 

 Epistoma convex. Pronotum 2*5 mm. broad, 1'3 mm. long, sub- 

 semilunar, anterior margin straight, antero-lateral corners ob- 

 tusely rounded. Posterior margin of mesonotum and metanotum 

 broadly concave. Auterior wing-stumps but little larger than 

 the posterior. Wing 26 mm. long, 6'5 mm. broad ; the costal 

 and subcostal nerves thick, umbrinous ; the median nerve runs 

 nearer to the submedian than the subcostal, and gives 5 or 6 off- 

 sets in the apical third of the wiug ; the submedian gives from 12 

 to 16 off-sets, scarcely any o£ which are branched. The hind 

 leg reaches to the 8th abdominal segment. The abdominal 

 papillae are short and separated, and stand on white areas. 



Female with the ventral plate of the 7th segment slightly 

 broader in the middle than at the sides. Abdomen grows to a 

 length of 50 mm. ; the lateral cuticle is pigment-spotted. 



Soldier 6 mm. long. Head 1-5 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, ovate, 

 fulvous. Antennae of 16 or 17 segments, the 2ud segment long, 

 the 3rd the shortest. Labrum ovate, the apex with bristles, not 

 reaching the middle of the mandibles. Mandibles 1 mm. 

 long, testaceous at the base, castaneous towards the apex, 

 upcurved, the tips incurved, the cutting-margin of both with a 

 distinct tooth beyond the centre. Gula -6 mm. broad. Pronotum 

 semilunar, with an anterior, elevated, bilobed portion. The hind 

 legs exceed the abdomen. The abdomen ovoid, white from the 

 milky contents of the large salivary vesicles. 



Worker 4 mm. long. Head I'S mm. broad, ochraceous. An- 

 tennae of 17 segments, the 2nd long, the 3rd very short. Abdo- 

 men with the dorsum arched. 



Pungus-growers. Ne^^t with obscure mound. 



E:ah. Natal. Type, No. 59. 



Section with Termes incertus/br Type. 

 Male of moderate size, pale, subisabelline. Antennae of 16 or 

 17 segments, the 2nd long, the 3rd short. Fenestra obscure. 

 Epistoma pale, prominent. Pronotum with converging postero- 

 lateral margins. Anterior wing-stumps but little larger than the 



