1943] 
Kalotermes miller i 
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whom I am indebted for these and other collections. I take 
pleasure in naming this species in honor of Dr. E. M. Miller 
who has collected extensively in Florida and who has recently 
published interesting studies on caste development in Prorhino- 
termes. Dr. Miller has a paper in press dealing with Florida 
termites. The collection records of K. milleri are as follows: — 
Type locality: — Elliott Key, Florida: holotype queen, mor- 
photype soldier, and paratype king and soldiers collected by 
E. M. Miller, 7. II. 1942; paratype dealate and soldiers from 
four colonies collected by A. E. Emerson, 2 2. III. 1941 ; paratype 
soldiers collected by E. M. Miller, 7.V.1938. 
Other localities: — Key Largo, Florida: paratype soldiers 
from two colonies collected by E. M. Miller, 21. III. 1931. Blue- 
fields Bay, Jamaica: paratype alates and soldier collected by 
E. A. Chapin, 20.V.1941, Sta. 588, in old stump. Portland 
Ridge, Jamaica: paratype dealate and soldiers collected by 
E. A. Chapin, 3. V. 1941, Sta. 539, dead standing tree; paratype 
soldier collected by E. A. Chapin, 3.V.1941, Sta. 537, dead tree. 
The holotype queen, morphotype soldier and a series of para- 
types are deposited in the collection of the American Museum 
of Natural History now in the author’s possession. Paratypes 
will be deposited in the U. S. National Museum, Museum of 
Comparative Zoology and Field Museum of Natural History. 
The general biology of the species as far as observed con- 
forms with that of its congeners. It is found in dead hard wood 
in logs, stumps, standing dead trees and dead branches of living 
trees. The galleries are often comparatively small in conform- 
ity with the small diameter of the soldiers and nymphs. The 
eggs are laid singly in the galleries inhabited by the queen 
without any differentiated royal cell. Pellets of excrement are 
deposited in some of the galleries. It is to be expected that the 
species will ultimately be found in the hard wood of buildings 
within the area of its natural range. 
Explanation of Plate III 
Kalotermes milleri , new species 
Fig. 1 . Head and pronotum of imago from above. 
Fig. 2. Head of imago from side. 
Fig. 3. Head and pronotum of soldier from above. 
Fig. 4. Head and pronotum of soldier from side. 
Fig. S. Head of soldier from below. 
