NEITROPTERA 



OF 



NORTH AMERICA 



Section I. PSEUDONEUROPTERA. 



Fam. I. TERMITINA. 



Body depressed, ovate; bead free; wings equal, mem- 

 branaceous, deciduous ; tarsi 4-articulate. 



CALOTERMES Hagen. 

 Head small, two ocelli; prothorax large, transverse, oblong; 

 costal area veined ; tarsi furnished with an apical plantula. 



1. C. castaneus ! 



Termes castaneus Burm. ! II. 764, 3. — Termes anticus Walk. ! Catal. 523, 

 31. — Termes guatimalce Walk.! Catal. 528, 38. — Caloterm. castaneus 

 Hag.! Linn. XII, 38, 1 ; tab. ii, fig. 2 ; tab. iii, fig. 2. 



Chestnut-color, beneath, antennae and feet luteous ; the wings 

 tinged with brown, margin and costal veins infuscate ; head ellip- 

 tical ; prothorax quadrangular, anteriorly a little sinuated ; median 

 nervule approaching the subcostal one, its apex bifurcated. 



Var. Smaller, pale, wings hyaline. (Cuba, St. Domingo.) 



Length to tip of wings 13 — 20 millimetres. Length of body 

 6 — 8 millim. Expanse of wings 23 — 36 millim. 



Hob. San Francisco, California (Chamisso) ; Honduras (Miller) ; 

 Guatimala (Deby) ; Cuba ; Porto-Rico ; St. Domingo, Port-au- 

 Prince (Ehrenberg) ; Columbia, Venezuela (Moritz, Appun) ; 

 Brazil (Olfers) ; Rio (Schott) ; St. Leopoldo ; Chile ; Isle of 

 France (?). Collection of de Selys Longchamps. 



Note. — An exclamation point after the specific name at the bead of an 

 article shows that the description has been made by the author from a spe- 

 cimen. When placed after a reference, it shows that the author has seen 

 the type of the description. 

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