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Soldiers - 5 range SNYDER, type.Length of head & O)lndibles 4.63 - 5.50 mm. 5.7Length of head 3.09 - 3.86 3.7Width of head 2.45 - 2.95 3.5Length of left mandible 1.82 - 2.18 2.1Width of pronotum 2.18 - 2.68 2.9 - 3Length of pronotum 1.14 - 1.36 1.5 - 1.6Length of hind tibia 1.72 - 2.00 2.4The specimens are all smaller than the measurements which SNYDER gives in his description,but otherwise they agree closely. The five soldiers show a wide range insize, and some variation in the shape of the pronotum. SNYDER figures the soldiermandibles.HILL (1942) considers this species to be synonymous with Neotermes san/oallus(Holmgren), but this is not followed in SNYDER (1949).Distribution:Santa Cruz Archipelago, Graciosa Bay (type).Solomon Islands, Santa Anna Island (SNYDER 1925).New Hebrides. Malekula, B. M. N. H. (L. E. CHEESEMAN, 1929) del. G. F. HILL.Erromanga, B. M. N. H. (L. E. CHEESEMAN, 1930) del. G. F. HILL.Espiritu Santo (A. E. EMERSOl'O, personal communication).Prorhinotermes inopinatus Silvestri1909. Michaelsen u. Hartmeyer, Fauna S. W. Australiens, 2 : 287.Lavanggu (Dan. Exp.), one soldier under coconut palm (No. L. 351, 13. x. 51),two soldiers and several workers, under stones (No. L. 352, 14. x. 51),numerous nymphs, in rain forest (No. L. 353, 30. x. 51),one soldier: from rotting wood on ground (No. L. 357, 26. x. 51),four soldiers, from young forest (No. L. 374,21. x. 51).Measurements:Soldiers (5) range SIL VESTRI, typeLength of head & mandibles 2.36 - 2.77 mm.Length of head 1.46-1.82 1.82Width of head 1.23 - 1.50 1.42Length of left mandible 1.00 - 1.14 1.18Width of pronotum 0.91 - 1.28Length of pronotum 0.54 - 0.68Length of hind tibia 1.14- 1.41 1.3Antennal segments, number 18 - 19 1726