734 AUSTRALIAN TERMlTID^t:, 



large, more rounded than that of the soldier, the scroll mark 

 above the forehead very distinct, forming two white oval marks; 

 the brown spots on either side of the clypeus very distinct; clypeus 

 sloping on tlie sides; antennse as in soldier except that the 3rd- 

 6th joints are smaller and annular, jaws very large and strong, a 

 sharp fang at the tip, two smaller ones below, and a broad one at 

 the base. Inner surface of the forelegs much more thickly 

 covered with fine spines. Abdomen long and cylindrical; cerci 

 and anal appendices stout and hairy. 



//a6.— Torrens Creek, N.Q. (Mr. J. R. Chisholm); Lyndhurst 

 Station, N.Q. (Mrs. Black) ; North Queensland (Mr. C. W. 

 DeVis, Queensland MiLseum) ; Hall's Creek, Kimberley, W.A; 

 (Mr. W. O. Mansbridge). 



This is the common large species of Northern Australia, where 

 it gets into wood-work, and often does a great deal of damage. 

 Mrs. Black sent me a tube full of workers and soldiers taken at 

 a station about a hundred miles inland from Lolworth Station, 

 Townsville. 



Mr. Mansbridge sent me the following note : — "These termites 

 were taken from a piece of timber lying on the ground; they are 

 very destructive, and will in a very short space of time destroy 

 deal boards (to which they, are very partial) if left in a dark 

 corner or shady spot." 



Termes pernigbr, n.sp. 

 (Plate XXXV., fig. 3.) 



Winged form unknown. 



Soldier. — Head black, shining, jaws ferruginous tipped with 

 black, antennas and palpi brown, with the base of each segment 

 light coloured; prothorax dark brown; legs and under surfacebrown, 

 upper surface of thorax and abdomen light ferruginous. Length 

 3^ lines. Head very large, as broad as long, broad at the base, 

 rounded on the sides to the base of the jaws; convex on summit, 

 flattened in front, and slightly arcuate on the forehead; antennae 

 long and slender, 17-jointed; 1st long, cylindrical, 2nd-4th cylin- 

 drical, 4th smallest, 5th-16th broader, rounded at the tips; 17th 

 elongate-oval ; clypeus hidden at the base, but showing two 



