MR. G. D. HAVILAND OK TERMITES. 405 



"Worker S'S mm. long. Head ocliroleucous. Antennse of 

 13 segments, the 3rd very small. Abdomen oblong, coloured by 

 the intestinal contents. 



Nest, on the surface of the ground, of dark earthy material. 



Hah. Natal. Type, No. 29. 



Section with Tertnes sulphureusybr Type, 

 Male about 6 mm. long. Head oyate. Fenestra present. 

 Antennae with the 2nd segment longer than the 3rd. Epistoma 

 convex and prominent. Pronotum with nearly straight anterior 

 margin. Anterior wing-stumps considerably larger than the 

 posterior. Abdominal papillae very minute. 



Female with the ventral plate of the 7th segment not half as 

 long as broad, the lateral cuticle of the abdomen in the queen 

 not pigment-spotted. 



Soldier 4-5 mm. long. Head subglobose. Antennae of 14 seg- 

 ments, the 2ud longer than the 3rd or 4th. Labrum ovate, 

 not reaching to the middle of the mandibles. Mandibles slender, 

 much incurved towards the pointed tips, the cutting-margin with 

 a small transverse tooth about the middle. Grula scarcely twice 

 as long as broad, united to the head near the base only. Pro- 

 notum saddle-shaped, short, the anterior portion convex, not 

 bilobed, the lateral angles much depressed. Hind legs not 

 reaching to the end of the abdomen. Abdomen large ovoid, 

 much broader than the head, the dorsum arched, laterally 

 coloured by the contents of the large salivary vesicles. Abdominal 

 papillae minute. 



"Worker 4*5 mm. long. Fenestra absent. Antennae of 

 14 segments, the 3rd and 4th small. Epistoma convex and 

 prominent. Abdomen coloured by the intestinal contents. 



Termes suLPflURETJS, u. sp. (PI. 24. figs. 42-44.) 

 Male 6 mm. long, pale castaneous above, the mesonotum, 

 metanotum, and a moth-shaped mark on the pronotum sub- 

 isabelline, below pale umbrinous. Head ovate. Ocelli separated 

 from the eyes by less than a diameter. Fenestra present, small. 

 Antennae with the 2nd segment larger than the 3rd, the 4th 

 larger thaa the 5th. Epistoma pale, convex, prominent. Pro- 

 notum 1 mm. broad, the anterior margin nearly straight, the 

 aatero-lateral angles somewhat depressed, the lateral margins 

 converging, convex, the posterior margin obscurely bilobed. 



LINK. JOURN. — ZOOLOGY, VOL. XXVi. 30 



