100 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



FAMILY BLATTID^. 



Panesthia cethops, Stoll One <$ et two ? specimens. 



Loboptera decipiens, Germ One specimen. 



FAMILY GUILLIDJE. 

 Arachnocephalus vestitus, Costa One specimen. 



PSEUDONEUROPTERA. 

 TERMITID^. 



Calotermes marginipennis, Latr. 



Calotermes marginipennis, Latr., Hag. Monogr., p. 47. 



Catalogue of Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection 

 of the British Museum, by Dr. H. Hagen ; Part I., 

 Termitina, p. 7. 



Not the least interesting feature of the Insecta from Funafuti 

 is a small collection of White Ants Calotermes marginipennis, 

 Latr.. The localities recorded so far from whence examples 

 have been obtained are California, Mexico, and Hawaii. The 

 Rev. Thomas Blackburn collected it in the Hawaiian Islands, 

 and it was recorded from there by McLachlan in a paper* 

 dealing with Mr. Blackburn's collection. 



This species of White Ant confines its attention at Funafuti 

 to the coconut trees (Cocos nucifera). The insects generally 

 attack the palms from three to six feet from the ground, tunnel- 

 ling their way through, and as a result the trees are snapped off 

 by the gales. At night, attracted by the lamps, these insects fly 

 into dwellings. The Rev. Thomas Blackburn in a paper, " Notes 

 on Hawaiian Neuroptera,"f writes : " I have not met with any 

 more than the two American species recorded in Mr. McLachlan's 

 paper. They are both extremely common near Honolulu, flying 

 in numbers to lamps at night, and doing much damage in the 

 destruction of furniture and other woodwork, also frequently 

 destroying trees. Without having given sufficient attention to 

 the subject to generalize with absolute confidence, I may say that 

 Termitia connected with household depredations, when identified 

 by me, has always been Calotermes castaneus, Burm. (which, 

 however, I have never observed outside Honolulu), while the tree 



* Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., (5), xii., pp. 2G6-7. 

 fLoc. cit. (5), xiv., p. 413. 



