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Imago. Unknown, but see discussion on N. camerunensis and N. chrysopleura. 



Soldier. Head capsule ferruginous orange to chestnut brown, nose dark chestnut brown to 

 brownish black, with reddish tip. Pronotum, antennae, and abdominal tergites yellow-brown. 

 Legs yellow, abdominal sternites pale yellow. 



Head capsule in plan view nearly circular, nose broadly conical. In profile, near straight or 

 slightly sinuate to well behind base of nose, then raised and rounded to back of head, small hump 

 at base of nose common. Nose distinctly shorter than rest of head capsule, measuring to hind 

 margin of antennal socket, angle of nose cone 18-30 degrees ; postmentum weakly convex ; 

 antennae 13 segmented, II and V subequal and longer than IV, but shorter than III. Head 

 setae consist of bilaterally placed pair on vertex, two or four across base of nose, four at nose 

 tip, and a few on anterior margin of postmentum ; there are also scattered microscopic setae 

 on vertex, only visible at certain angles of illumination. 



Abdominal tergites with very sparsely scattered minute setae, and longer setae on posterior 

 margins, four to each tergite arranged in longitudinal rows down abdomen ; sternites with 

 sparse short setae, and longer setae on posterior margins, less regularly arranged than on 

 tergites. 



Measurements (17 specimens from 4 localities) in millimetres. 



Range Mean 



Head length to tip of nose . 1 -39-1 -58 ... 1 49 



Head width . 

 Depth of head capsule 

 Width of pronotum 

 Length of pronotum 

 Length of hind tibia 



0-79-1-00 

 0-54-0-65 

 0-41-0-50 

 0-15-0-20 

 0-95-1-08 



092 

 o-6i 

 0-44 

 0-17 

 1 02 



This species had not been recognized since it was first described, but new material 

 has now been discovered. It is distinct from all other African species, with its 

 short, thick nose tipped with only four setae, and the two or four setae across the 

 base of the nose. 



Material. Congo : Kasai, Sankuru (E. Luja), unique holotype soldier, Nasuti- 

 termes ferranti (Wasmann), Mus. Maastricht. 



Nigeria : Eastern Region ; Bonny, i.xii.1957 (W. Wilkinson), B.M. (N.H.). 



Republic of Congo : Brazzaville, i.iv.1948, and Kipome, 13km. W. of Brazza- 

 ville, 8.VL1948 (A. E. Emerson), A.M.N.H. 



Though apparently widely distributed, this species must be very rare to be so 

 poorly represented in collections. It has been recorded from soft runs on trees, 

 and from a mound of Odontotermes scnitor (Sjostedt) shared with Amitermes evuncifer 

 Silvestri. 



Nasutitermes fulleri Emerson 

 (Text-figs. 11-13, 51-57, 204; Map 7) 



Nasutitermes {Nasutitermes) fulleri Emerson, 1928 : 483. Type locality : Congo, Stanleyville. 

 Nasutitermes fulleri Emerson ; Snyder, 1949 : 276. 



Imago. Previously undescribed. Head capsule sepia brown, postclypeus paler, yellow- 

 brown, labrum yellow. Pronotum, and abdominal tergites sepia brown, meso- and metanota, 

 pleural and ventral thoracic sclerites and femora brown. Antennae, tibiae and tarsi pale 

 yellow. Abdominal sternites brown laterally, shading to pale yellow-brown in middle. Wings 

 translucent pale brown, subcosta and radius sector yellow-brown, outlined sepia brown, rest 

 of venation brown. 



