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r At Senegal, V ague-Vague s. 
By the French, < In the Weft Indies, Poux.de Pols , or Four - 
l mis Planches. 
By the Bohns, or Sherbro people, in Africa, Scantz. 
By the Portugueze in the Brazils, Coupee or Cutters , from 
their cutting things in pieces. 
By this latter name and that of Piercers or Eaters , and fimi- 
lar terms, they are diftinguiihed in various parts of. the. tropical 
regions. 
The following are the fpecific differences, * given by Dr. 
solander, of fuch infedts of this genus, as I have obferved and> 
collefted. 
1. termes bellicofus corpore fufco, alis fufcefcentibus : cofta, 
ferruginea, ftemmatibus fubfuperis ocillo propinquis, pundto 
centrali prominulo. 
2. .termes mordax nigricans, antennis pedibufque teftaceis,, 
alis fuliginofis : area marginal! dilatata : cofta nigricante,. 
ftemmatibus inferis oculo *approximatis, punfto centrali 
imprefto. 
3. termes atrcx nigricans, -fegmentis abdominalibus mar— 
gine pallidis, antennis pedibufque teftaceis, alis fuligi- 
nofis : cofta nigra, ftemmatibus inferis, pundto centrali 
imprefto. 
4. T'ERWiK&deJlrudlor nigricans, abdominis linea laterali lutea, 
antennis teftaceis, alls hyalinis : cofta lutefcente, ftem- 
matibus fubfuperis, pundto centrali obliterate. 
5V termes arhorum corpore teftaceo, alis fufcefcentibus:. 
cofta lutefcente, capite nigricante, ftemmatibus inferis 
oculo approximatis, pundto centrali imprefto. 
The Termites are reprefented by linn^us as the greateft 
plagues of both Indies,- and are indeed every way between the. 
z Tropics 
