756 AUSTRALIAN TERMITID^E, 



nervures dark bi'own. Length to tip of body 3; to tip of wings 

 5| lines. 



Head short, broadest behind, convex, sloping down sharply 

 above the clypeus, truncate in front; eyes circular, moderately 

 large, projecting very slightly; ocelli small, elongate, curved, a 

 considerable distance in front of the eyes; antennsfi short, stout, 

 and hairy, springing from a deep antennal cleft in front of the 

 eyes; 14-jointed; 1st joint large, cylindrical, rounded on the top; 

 2nd similar in form, but only about half the size; 3rd very small; 

 4th to 1 4th of uniform size, stout, and broad at the extremities, 

 moniliform; clypeus prominent, slightly arcuate behind, rounded 

 on the sides, and nearly truncate in front; labrum large, broad, 

 and rounded in front; jaws rather long, with two pointed curved 

 teeth near the tip; three angular teeth below, the first joining 

 the base of the lower curved one. Prothorax broad, slightly 

 convex, truncate in front, wath the sides running round to the 

 hind margin; legs robust; thighs short and stout; tibiae rather 

 short; tarsi long; claws large. Wings more than tlirice as long 

 as bi'oad, rounded at the tips; scapular shield small; costal and 

 subcostal nervures modei-ately stout, running parallel to the tip 

 of the winir, but liardiv curving round; median ner\ ure runninsc 

 straight across the middle half of tlie wings and branching into 

 an angular bifurcation near the tip; submedian nervure rather 

 slender, with six stout oblique nervures, and five or six slender 

 ones, several of them forked, but both the number of the nervures 

 and their bifurcations variable. Abdomen broad and short, 

 thickly covered with brownish-yellow hairs; cerci small. 



Queen. — Length of abdomen 7; diameter 2^ lines. Thorax 

 somewhat lighter-coloured than in the winged form. 



Soldier.— JlQSid ochreous, darker on the sides and snout; the 

 rest pale brown, with the antennae variegated by the segments 

 being so much lighter at the tips. Length 2 lines. Head broad 

 behind, tapering round to the snout, which is short and broad at 

 the base; antennte 13-jointed; 1st joint long, cylindrical; 2nd 

 shorter; 3rd and 4th coalescing together, rounded; 4th shortest; 

 5th to 13th broad, turbinate; 13th oval. Prothorax small, with 



