TERMOPSIS — TERMES. 3 



TERMOPSIS Heer. 

 Head large ; ocelli absent ; prothorax small ; costal area veined ; 

 tarsi with an apical plantula. 



1. T. angusticollis ! 



Termes castaneus Walk.! Catal. 506, 4. — Termops. angusticollis Hag.! 

 Linn. XII, 75, 1 ; tab. ii, fig. 1 ; tab. iii, figs. 6, 41. Linn. XIV, 

 101. 



Rufous, beneath paler, mouth infuscate ; wings dusky hyaline, 

 costal veins rufous ; head oval, flat ; prothorax small, semicircular. 



Length to tip of wings 26 millim. Body 11 millim. Expanse 

 of wings '46 millim. 



Hah. Louisiana' (Pfeiffer) ; San Francisco, California (Hart- 

 weg) ; Ft. Steilacoom, Puget Sound (Dr. Suckley). 



2. T. occidentis! 



Termes occidentis Walk.! Catal. 529, 41. — Termops. occidentis Hag.! 

 Linn. XII, 77, 2 ; tab. i, fig. 8. Linn. XIV, 101. 



Soldier. Fulvous, broad, head thick, rounded ; prothorax ante- 

 riorly strongly emarginate ; meso- and metathorax with the poste- 

 rior angles produced. 



Length of body 14 millim. 



Hob. West coast of Central America (Wood). 



The genus of this species is doubtful; it may, oerhaps, be Ter~ 

 mopsis angusticollis Hagen. 



TERMES Linn. 

 Head large, rounded, two ocelli ; prothorax heart-shaped, 

 small ; costal area free ; plantula absent. 



1. T. flavipes ! 



Termes flavipes Kollar ! Naturgesch. schadl. Ins. 411. Burm. II, 768, 14. 

 Burni. Zoolog. Hand-atlas, tab. xxvii, figs. 9, 10. Westw.! Intro- 

 duct. II, 14; tab. lviii, figs. 12, 14, 15. Hag.! Linn. XII, 182, 26 ; 

 XIV. 107. Reichenbach Volksnaturgescli. fig. col. Latr. Diction, 

 d'liist. nat. XXII. Termes frontale Haldem.! (teste Osten Sacken), 

 Proc. Acad. Philad. 1844, II, 55. 



Chestnut color ; head and prothorax black-brown ; antennae 

 brownish, annulated with pale ; mouth, tibiae and tarsi yellow ; 



