ETHIOPIAN NASUTITERMITINAE 5 



follows: Trinervitermes bouvieri Sjostedt and T. somaliensis (Sjostedt) which belong 

 to Microtermes (Macrotermitinae), T. sudanicus (Sjostedt) which is unidentified, and 

 N asutitermes profestus (Sjostedt) which belongs to Noditermes (Termitinae). These 

 determinations are extracted from unpublished notes made by Dr. A. E. Emerson, 

 and the species are therefore omitted from further consideration. From the exami- 

 nation of the remaining 115 type specimens and series, combined with a study of 

 variation in the other material, 77 names have been found to be synonymous, of 

 which 62 are newly established synonyms. 



In the subfamily Nasutitermitinae from the Ethiopian Region, I recognize as valid 

 47 species, of which 7 are new to science and described in this paper. These belong 

 to 14 genera, of which 4 are new, one being completely new to science and the others 

 newly formed genera containing existing species. 



MATERIAL 



A total of 2401 nest series from all parts of Africa (Map 1), have been examined, 

 each containing from one to several hundred specimens. Much of this material has 

 been collected by the members of the Termite Research Unit (Ministry of Overseas 

 Development) and is deposited at the British Museum (Natural History). A 

 further large collection, made by Dr. A. E. Emerson, is now housed at the American 

 Museum of Natural History. Types and other specimens have been studied on 

 personal visits or as a result of loans of material, through the courtesy of specialists 

 and others mentioned in the acknowledgments, from the following museum 

 collections: 



Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Mus. Paris) ; Mus^e Royal de 

 1'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (Mus. Tervuren) ; Institut Royale des Sciences 

 Naturelles Belgiques, Brussels, Selys Longchamps Collection (Selys Longchamps 

 coll., Inst. R. Sci. Nat., Brussels); Institut des Pares Nationaux du Congo et du 

 Rwanda, Brussels (Inst, des Pares Nat. du Congo, Brussels) ; Institut Francais 

 d'Afrique Noire, Dakar (Inst. Franc. d'Afr. Noire, Dakar) ; Museo Civico di Storia 

 Naturale, Genoa (Mus. Civ, di Stor. Nat., Genoa); Naturhistorisch Museum te 

 Maastricht (Mus. Maastricht) ; Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm (Naturhist. 

 Riksmus., Stockholm) ; Zoologisches Staatsinstitut und Zoologisches Museum, 

 Hamburg (Mus. Hamburg) ; Silvestri Collection, Laboratorio di Zoologia della R. 

 Scuola d'Agricoltura in Portici, Naples (Silvestri coll., Lab. Zool. Sc. Agr., Portici) ; 

 American Museum of Natural History, New York (A.M.N.H.); National Collection 

 of Isoptera, Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria (N.C.I., Pretoria). 



The abbreviations given in brackets are those used throughout the text in listing 

 the material examined. The British Museum (Natural History), where abbreviated, 

 is given as B.M.(N.H.). Where the museum of deposit is given in brackets in the 

 text, the specimens concerned have not been examined by the author. Where 

 lectotypes are designated, that of the senior synonym in each case is given separately, 

 whilst those of junior synonyms are included in the lists of type material examined. 



The material examined constitutes virtually all of that known to exist in museum 

 collections. In listing material in the text, co-ordinates of latitude and longitude 

 are given for localities not included in the Times Atlas, vol. IV. 



