Aug. 15, 1924 
New Termites from the Canal Zone 
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Legs with tinge of yellow, elongate, 
with scattered long, but sparse, hairs, 
coxa of foreleg with an elongate point 
or sharp process, sometimes hook 
shaped and curving; two spines at apex 
of tibia. 
Abdomen dirty gray-white, with 
tinge of yellow, with row of long hairs 
at base of each tergite. 
Measurements.— Length of entire 
soldier: 4.50-4.60 mm. Length of 
head with nasus: 2.50-2.60 mm. 
Length of head with mandibles: 1.20 
mm. Length of head to anterior mar¬ 
gin: 1.00 mm. Length of nasus: 1.60 
Measurements. —Length of entire- 
worker: 4.1 mm. Length of head: 
1.50 mm. Length of pronotum: 0.45 
mm. Length of hind tibia: 1.50 mm. 
Width of head: 1.30 mm. Width of 
pronotum: 0.70 mm. 
The winged adult is unknown. 
Type locality. —Rio Chinilla, Canal 
Zone, Panama. 
Described from a large series of sol¬ 
diers and workers collected in a de¬ 
cayed log on February 22, 1924, at the 
type locality by I. Molino, J. Zetek, 
and T. E. Snyder; two colonies col¬ 
lected. 
Fig. 7 .—Armitermes ( Fhynchotermes ) perarmatus, soldier: a, Dorsal view of head and prothorax, showing" 
long nasus and pointed marginal teeth of mandibles; b, lateral view of same, showing elongate, curved 
nasus, mandible, coxal spine of long foreleg, and antenna; c, dorsal view of mandibles 
mm. Length of left mandible: 1.05 
mm. Length of pronotum: 0.40 mm. 
Length of hind tibia: 1.50 mm. Width 
of head (at widest portion): 0.90-0.95 
mm. Width of pronotum: 0.55 mm. 
The soldier of A. ( R .) perarmatus is 
darker colored, larger than nasutissimus 
Silvestri, and has a longer, more aqui¬ 
line head and nasus, longer mandibles, 
and long, pointed marginal teeth. The 
antennae have longer segments, and 
the process on the coxae is longer and 
more pointed. 
Worker.— Darker colored and larger 
than that of nasutissimus; head yellow- 
brown, with prominent fontanelle; 
antennae with 14 segments; postclvp- 
eus bulging. 
Type, soldier. —Cat. No. 27240> 
U. S. National Museum. 
Biological notes. —This termite 
lives in bark-covered decaying logs in 
the moist, dense jungle; it was not 
found in earthlike carton nests. Some¬ 
times several other species of termites 
inhabit the same log, as Coptotermes 
niger Snyder and Rhinotermes longidens 
Snyder. A species of Peripatus was 
also found in a log inhabited by A. ( R .) 
perarmatus (PI. 1, A). 
Dr. W. M. Mann found specimens 
of this termite at Sangrelaya, Hon¬ 
duras, in May, 1924, under bark in a. 
decayed log in the jungle. 
A single winged male adult of a spe¬ 
cies of Rhynchotermes was collected 
