336 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Nov., '06 toothed much nearer to the middle and the basal joint of the hind tarsi is shorter. Togo victor n. sp. Dull black, antennae, first and second joint of rostrum, apical margin of prothorax (narrowly) and lateral margins of abdomen tawny, first antennal joint towards the base and extreme apex of second joint fuscous, apex of third joint and the whole fourth joint blackish, basal border of pronotum, corium, clavus. extreme apex of scutellum, aceta-bular margins (obscurely) and posterior angles of metasternum whit-ish, some small spots to hemelytra fuscous, apical margin of corium fuscous, more broadly so towards the apical angle, legs pale yellow, anterior femora (except base and extreme apex) and apical halves of middle and posterior femora black, extreme apex of tibiae and the whole last joint of tarsi fuscous. Head very thickly and finely punctured, second antennal joint more than twice as long as first, third joint somewhat shorter than second, fourth about as long as second. Pronotum not fully twice as long as the head, a little broader at the base than half the length, finely punctured but less thickly so than the head, anterior lobe moderately convex with its greatest width a little behind the middle, where it is distinctly broader than the head, posterior lobe slightly narrower than the anterior lobe. The breast finely moder-ately thickly punctured. Hemelytra one fourth longer than the pro-notum, corium rather finely and thinly punctured with brown, lateral border impunctate, membrane blackish. Abdomen clothed with very fine and short yellowish sericeous pubescence. Length, 6.5 mm. Japan (Tokyo) ; found by Mr. Kuwana. Col. C. F. Baker. Two new Termites. BY NATHAN BANKS. There has recently been a great awakening-in the collection and study of termites. Our forms are not numerous, so that there is not the stimulating prize of new species to quicken the student, yet we have some very interesting genera. Among them is Termopsis, a new species of which I describe from Arizona, and a most curious form from Florida. So striking is the soldier of this species that I do not hesitate to consider it a new genus. These two new species, together with two recently described by Desneux, make about twelve species of termites from our country. CRYPTOTERMES n. gen. No ocelli in any stage ; no plantula to tarsi ; only costal vena-tion to wings distinct, this consisting of a subcostal vein along the margin to tip and a closely parallel radius with three branches runnng into the subcosta. There are two spurs at apex of all tibiae; four tarsal joints, the last much the longest, with a lobe at base, claws are very stout on base, faintly toothed at middle, and then very slender. The soldier has the K ead enlarged in front, with a great cavity on the face, evi-dently used to close passages of nest.
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