-Aug. 15, 1924 
New Termites from the Canal Zone 
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Pronotum same color as head, ante¬ 
rior margin broadly, shallowly, roundly 
emarginate, sides sloping roundly to 
posterior margin, where slightly emargi- 
nate, with few scattered long hairs. 
Wings with costal veins brownish, no 
branches between costal veins, mem¬ 
brane yellowish, coarsely punctate; fore- 
Tving with median close to and parallel 
to subcostal vein, cubitus slightly nearer 
to median than to lower margin (a 
little above middle of wing), branching 
to apex of wing, with subbranches to 
tower margin. 
Legs light yellow-brown, pul villus 
present, pubescent. 
Abdomen with tergites same color as 
head, a row of long hairs at base of 
each tergite, cerci present, but not 
prominent. 
Measurements. —Length of entire 
winged adult: 6.00 mm. Length of 
entire dealated adult: 3.50 mm. 
Length of head: LOO mm. Length of 
pronotum: 0.50 mm. Length of 
-anterior wing: 4.30 mm. Length of 
hind tibia: 0.70 mm. Diameter of eye 
(long diameter): 0.225 mm. Width of 
head: 0.75 mm. W T idth of pronotum: 
0.70 mm. Width of anterior wing: 
1.20 mm. 
Soldier. —Head light castaneous 
brown, paler posteriorly, blackish on 
front, which is nearly vertical, longer 
than broad, broadest posteriorly, sides 
approximately parallel, slightly concave 
at middle, constricted at top of head an¬ 
teriorly, deeply bilobed medially (nar¬ 
row V-shaped cut), rims of lobes rough¬ 
ened, tubercular, surface of head smooth, 
with scattered long hairs. Eye spot 
hyaline, large, markedly projecting, 
suboval, and parallel to front margin 
of head. 
Mandibles reddish brown to black¬ 
ish at apex, short, stout, slender and 
incurved at apex; left mandible with 
three marginal teeth, the two near 
apex approximately parallel to margin 
of mandible, molar near base; right 
mandible with sharp-pointed project¬ 
ing tooth at about middle and molar 
near base. 
Antennae light yellow-brown, of 
11 segments, segments wedge-shaped, 
becoming longer and broader toward 
apex, with long hairs; third segment 
ringlike, much shorter than second and 
slightly shorter than fourth; last 
segment long and slender, subelliptical 
and pointed at apex. 
Pronotum yellow-brown, darker on 
margins, narrow, anterior margin 
broadly, roundly, fairly deeply emar- 
ginate, slightly roughened, corners 
high, sides roundly sloping to posterior 
margin, where roundly emarginate, with 
few scattered long hairs (fig. 5, a). 
Legs whitish with tinge of yellow, 
femora swollen, pubescent. Abdomen 
dirty gray-white, with tinge of yellow, 
tergites with a row of long hairs near 
bases, cerci not prominent. 
Measurements. —Length of entire 
soldier: 4.40-4.80 mm. Length of head 
with mandibles: 1.80 mm. Length of 
head to anterior margin: 1.30 mm. 
Length of left mandible: 0.65 mm. 
Length of pronotum: 0.45-0.50 mm. 
Length of hind tibia: 0.70 mm. Width 
of head posteriorly: 0.95 mm. Width 
of head anteriorly: 0.90 mm. Width 
of pronotum: 0.95 mm. 
Type locality. —Rio Chinilla, Canal 
Zone, Panama. 
Described from a series of winged 
adults and soldiers collected at the 
type locality in a decaying log on 
February 22, 1924, by T. E. Snyder and 
I. Molino. 
cp to DC 
Fig. 5.—Comparative study of dorsal views of 
pronota of soldiers of (a) Kalotermes (Glyptotermes) 
angustus, ( b) K. ( G .) barbouri, and (c) K. ( G.) 
emarginicollis. (All from camera lucida drawings 
made to same scale) 
Type, soldier. —Cat. No. 27267, 
U. S. National Museum; morphotype, 
winged adult. 
Kalotermes (Glyptotermes) barbouri, 
new species. 
Dealated male adult. —Head shin¬ 
ing, dark castaneous brown, lighter 
below eyes, slightly longer than broad, 
sides parallel, with fairly dense scat¬ 
tered long hairs; eyes black, large, 
slightly projecting, suboval, separated 
from lateral margin of head by a 
distance 'less than an eye diameter; 
ocelli hyaline, small, suboval parallel 
to and close to eye. 
Antennae broken, yellow brown, 
with long hairs; third segment sub- 
clavate, longer than second or fourth 
segments; fourth shorter than second 
segment; segments becoming longer 
and broader toward apex. 
Pronotum same color as head, 
anterior margin shallowly roundly 
emarginate, sides roundly sloping to 
posterior margin, which is nearly 
straight, with scattered long hairs. 
Wings with costal area golden 
brown, membrane whitish with yellow¬ 
ish tinge, coarsely punctate; hind wing 
