388 ME. G. D. HAVILAND ON TERMITES. 



posterior. The median nerve runs midway between the sub- 

 costal and submedian. 



Soldier with short globose head. Antennae of 14 or 15 seg- 

 ments, the 2nd as long as the 3rd and 4th together. Labrum 

 reaching beyond the middle of the mandibles. Mandibles 

 slender, with pointed incurved tip and toothless cutting-margin. 

 Grula as broad as long, not sunk between the sides of the head. 

 Thorax narrow. Pronotutn with raised anterior portion, the 

 lateral corners scarcely depressed. Abdomen ovoid, as broad or 

 broader than the head. Abdominal papillae present. 



Worker with antennae of 14 or 15 segments, the 2nd segment 

 long. Fenestra absent. Tliorax narrow ; abdomen ovoid, some- 

 what broader than the head. 



Fungus-growers, building small fungus-beds, generally in 

 the shells of the nests of larger species. The king and queen 

 are not enclosed in a special royal cell. 



Teemes inceetus, Hagen. (PI. 23. figs. 15-18.) 



Male 8 mm. long, pale umbrinous ; pronotum and the anterior 

 portions of the mesonotum and metanotum isabelline ; epistoma, 

 antennae, and legs pale. Ocelli distant from the eye by half a 

 diameter. Fenestra obscure. Antennae of 16 segments, the 2nd 

 long, the 3rd and 4th short. Epistoma prominent. Pronotum 

 •7 mm. long, 1*2 mm. broad, the anterior margin nearly straight, 

 the postero-lateral margins somewhat convex, the posterior 

 margin bilobed. Anterior wing-stumps but little larger than the 

 posterior. Wing 14 mm. long, 3'5 mm. broad, pale umbrinous ; 

 the median runs midway between the submedian and subcostal, 

 and bifurcates once or twice beyond the middle of the wing ; the 

 submedian gives off about 10 branches, one or two of which may 

 bifurcate. The hind legs do not reach beyond the 6th segment 

 of the abdomen. Abdominal papillae minute. 



Female with the ventral plate of the 7th segment 1 mm. long, 

 1-7 mm. broad. The abdomen of the queen reaches a length of 

 16 mm. ; the lateral cuticle has minute pigment-spots and hairs. 



Soldier 4 mm. long. Head ochraceous, 8 mm. long, 7 mm. 

 broad, ovate, somewhat hairy. Antennae of 14 segments, the 2ud 

 large, the 3rd and 4th very small, the rest increasing in size 

 towards the apex. Labrum lanceolate, with a few bristles near 

 the tip, reaching | of the length of the mandibles. Mandibles '6 

 mm. long, narrow, slightly upcurved, tip incurved, cuttiug-margin 

 toothless. Gula nearly as broad as long, not sunk between 

 the sides of the head. Pronotum pale, with raised bilobed 



