410 MR. G. D. HATILAND ON TERMITES. 



TeRMES HASTATl'S, B. Sp. 



Male 5 mm. long, slender, dark castaneous, the head and 

 pronotum almost black, the tarsi and ventral plates of the 

 abdomen pale. Head ovate. Ocelli separated from the small 

 eyes by half a diameter. Fenestra small. Antennae of 15 seg- 

 ments, the 2nd longer than the 3rd, 4th, or 5th. Epistoma 

 convex and prominent. Pronotum vrith the anterior margin 

 nearly straight, the antero-lateral corners depressed, the 

 posterior margin not lobed. Mesonotum and metanotum 

 narrow, the posterior margins obtusely lobed. Anterior wing- 

 stumps bat little larger than the posterior. Wings 9 mm. long ; 

 the median nerve arises from the subcostal even in the anterior 

 of the wing, it runs much nearer the submedian. than the sub- 

 costal, it is faint, but reaches the apex of the wing and gives two 

 offsets, one in the middle of the wing and one near the apex ; 

 the submedian reaches a third from the apex of the wing, and has 

 5 or 6 offsets. The hind legs do not reach to the apex of the 

 abdomen. Abdominal papillae absent. 



Female witli the ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment 

 half as long as broad. The abdomen of the queen reaches to a 

 length of 15 ram. ; it is not much swollen. 



Soldier 4 mm. long. Head 1"3 mm. long, I'l mm. broad, 

 ochroleucous. Antennae of 14 segments, the 2nd longer than 

 the 4th, the 3rd rather variable. Labrum reaching to one tliird 

 of the length of the mandibles. Mandibles "7 mm. long, much 

 curved, the tips piercing, the cutting-margin with a barb-like 

 tooth about the middle. Grula nearly uniform in breadth, not 

 sunk between the margins of the head. Pronotum saddle- 

 shaped, the anterior portion large, convex, not much elevated. 

 Hind legs slightly exceeding the abdomen. Abdomen ovoid, 

 with the dorsum arched, coloured by the intestinal contents. 

 Abdominal papillae absent. 



Worker 3*5 mm. long. Head ochraceous. Antennae of 

 14 segments. Thorax narrow. Abdomen ovoid, with the 

 dorsum arched, coloured by the intestinal contents. 



JIal. S. Africa (Cape), (Port Elizabeth). Type, No. 21. 



Section ivifh Termes bilobatus, /br Ti/pe. 



Male 5 mm. long. Head ovate. Antennae of 15 segments, 

 the 2ad large, the 3rd small. Epistoma prominent. Pronotum 

 semilunar. Mesonotun and metanotum with the posterior 



