738 AUSTRALIAN TERMITID.E, 



of the forehead on either side of an angular patch, while the front 

 margin of the forehead forms a raised crescent-shaped ridge, 

 coming to a sharp point on either side in front of the base of the 

 antennre; clypeus large, convex, divided into two lobes; labrum 

 large, rounded in front; jaws small, with two sharp teeth at the 

 tip, and two large and hatchet-shaped below. Thorax small. 

 Abdomen large, elongate -oval; cerci small and slender. 



lff/&.— Mackay, Q. (Mr. G. Turner). 



This species is restricted in its range, as I have had it only 

 from the vicinity of Mackay, where it is a common species. I 

 am indebted to Mr. Turner for the following notes : — " The nests 

 are plentiful and vary from one to two feet in height, of an 

 irregular cone-shape, and eighteen inches in diameter at the base. 

 The queen's cell was found about the centre of the nest but rather 

 nearer the base, and was regular in form, measuring | of an inch 

 in height and 2j inches in diameter. Winged insects were 

 noticed flying about the lights on the 29th of October, and several 

 nests examined a few days later were found to be swarming with 

 winged termites. The clay casing of the nests is in many 

 instances occupied by colonies of JFormicidce^ among which were 

 Boihnoponera siiblcevis, Ectatomma convexum, and a species of 



The jaws of the soldiers are very distinctive, slender at the 

 base; they stand out in front of the head, occupying only the 

 central part of the front margin on either side of the labrum, and 

 when at rest just touching at the tips, but when fighting crossing 

 over each other right to the base. 



Termes australis, Walk. 



(Plate XXXV., fig. 1.) 



Termes ausfraJis, Walker, Brit. Mus. Cat. p. 523; Hagen, Mon. 

 Term. p. 173, tab. iii., f. 22. 



General colour light ferruginous ; head darker ; prothorax 

 lighter; wings hyaline, slightly iridescent, nervures brown; robust 

 and rather hairy. Length to tip of wings 6, to tip of body 3 lines. 



