ETHIOPIAN NASUTITERMITINAE 



141 



Cerci of $ longer than width across base, conical. 



Other characters are given in the generic diagnosis. 



Measurements (2 specimens from 1 locality) in millimetres. 



Range 



Head width across eyes ..... 1-61-1-66 



Greatest diameter of eye ..... 0-47-0-53 



Ocellus ........ 016 x 023 



Ocellus to eye ....... 0-05-0-07 



Width of pronotum ...... 1 45-1 53 



Length of pronotum ...... 0-82-0-92 



Length of hind tibia ...... 2-09-2-12 



Morphotype : Republic of South Africa : 70m. from Kliprand on Pofadder 

 Road, 8.1V.1963 (A. Barnard and J. N. Diederichs), morphotype queen in N.C.I., 

 Pretoria. 



Soldier. Head capsule brown to dark sepia brown, paler around antenna] socket, nose sepia 

 brown to pitch black with yellow-brown to ferruginous tip. Pronotum and antennae yellow, 

 legs yellow-white. Abdominal tergites yellow -brown, sternites pale yellow. 



Head capsule in plan view short oval, tapering slightly towards front. In profile concave, 

 back of head raised and rounded well behind antennal socket ; nose equal to or slightly longer 

 than rest of head capsule, measuring from hind margin of antennal socket ; antennae, in 14 

 segmented form, III and V subequal, II similar length but thicker, IV and VI subequal and 

 longer than these. 



Head setae consist of a bilaterally placed pair on vertex, one or two pairs near base of nose, 

 four at nose tip with smaller setae behind them, and minute setae scattered over entire head 

 capsule and nose. Abdominal tergites with scattered very short setae becoming longer on hind 

 margins and posterior segments ; sternites with short setae, and longer on hind margins 

 Measurements (18 specimens from 3 localities) in millimetres. 



Range Mean 



1-63-209 . . . . 1 87 



079-1 15 .... 098 



0-59-0-79 .... o-68 



0-46-0-56 .... 0-51 



0-23-0-28 .... 0-25 



1-25-1-7.) .... 1 5.5 



The relationships and distinctive features of B. hainesi have been discussed under 

 the generic heading. 



Material. Republic of South Africa : Bushmanland, Wolfdoon, and Wortel, 

 near Gella, 1 and 5.ix.ic)i7 (F. Thomsen), syntype soldiers, B. hainesi (Fuller), 

 A.M.N.H. and B.M.(N.H.) ; 16m. from Pella on Springbok Road, 15.x. 1961 (/. /.. 

 Sheasby) ; 70m. from Kliprand on Pofadder Road, 8.iv.ig63, further vial with king 

 (A. Barnard, J. N. Diederichs). 



Head length to tip of nose 

 Head width . 

 Depth of head capsule . 

 Width of pronotum 

 Length of pronotum 

 Length of hind tibia 



EUTERMELLUS Silvestri 



Eutermellns Silvestri, 19 12 : 243. 



Eutermes (Entermellus) Holmgren, 191 2 : 64. 



Evitermellus Sjostedt, 1926 : 358. 



Type species, by original designation, Eutermelhis convergens Silvestri, 1912. 



Imago. Left mandible with apical tooth distinctly longer than first marginal, but distance 

 between them slightly shorter than that from first to third marginals (left mandible index 



