. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. EEVISION OF NEAKCTIC TERMITES. 33 ^VZ.' (PI. 3, fig. 1.) Head and pronotuni with many long erect hairs; abdomen with long sloping hairs in rows near hind margin of each segment. Length to tip of wings, 15 mm. Soldier.—Head light castaneous, darker in front, mandibles black, paler on base, thorax and basal part of abdo- men above slightly castaneous, rest of abdomen paler, but often discolored; legs pale. Head about one and one- third times as long as broad, broadest in front just back of the antennae; labrum broad with convex front mar- gin;
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. EEVISION OF NEAKCTIC TERMITES. 33 ^VZ.' (PI. 3, fig. 1.) Head and pronotuni with many long erect hairs; abdomen with long sloping hairs in rows near hind margin of each segment. Length to tip of wings, 15 mm. Soldier.—Head light castaneous, darker in front, mandibles black, paler on base, thorax and basal part of abdo- men above slightly castaneous, rest of abdomen paler, but often discolored; legs pale. Head about one and one- third times as long as broad, broadest in front just back of the antennae; labrum broad with convex front mar- gin; antennae not as long as width of head, 16 to 19-jointed, the third joint no longer and barely more chitinized than others near by; last joint of the maxillary palpi slightly longer than the preceding. Mandibles short and stout, the point often very blunt, not nearly as long as width of the head; teeth as figured; eyes usually showing just back of the antennae; gula hardly half as wide in middle as in front. Pronotum not as broad as the head at the widest part, fully two and one-half times as broad as long, evenly concave in front, outer sides rather. Fig. 20.—Hind femora of a soldier OP (a) Kalotermes schwarzi con- trasted "WITH TUAT OF A SOLDIER OF (6) Neotermes castaneus. Greatly Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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