434 NEW AXD RARE AUSTRALIAN TERMITES, WITH NOTES ON THEIR DIOLOGy, 



3rd joint shortest of all, equal fo, or noticeably longer than 4th, 5tli-lllth in- 

 creasing in length and width, 10th-14th equal in length, 15th a little short.er, 

 16th shorter, elongate-oval. (In one examj)le there is a rudimeutan' segment 

 between the 3rd and 4th as described above). 



Thorax: Pronotum very small, much narrower than head, nearly straight 

 in front and on the sides, antero-lateral angles rounded, sides narrowed to the 

 sliglitly sinuate jiosterior margin; beliind the anterior margin a wide, pale, 

 transverse mark, median suture distinct and passing posteriorly through the 

 meso- and metanotum as a very dark line, clothed witli scattered, long setae, 

 most numerous at the sides. Meso- and metanotum with posterior margin nearly 

 straight. 



Wings (Plate xxxvi.. Fig. 4) very dark Ijrown, veins darker than mem- 

 brane, the whole surface densely sculptured (Fig. 3) and clothed with dark, 

 scattered setae, numerous along the costal margin excepting on the proximal 

 one-third. Subcosta of forewing very short, joining the eosta beyond the suture, 

 wanting in the hindwing. Radius short, about one-fourtli the length of the wing. 



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Slo/oteymes viclorieiisis, u.sp. Imago. 



Fig. 1. Head and pronotum. Fig. 2. Mandibles. Fig. 3. Wing membrane. 



Fig. 5. Stump and bate of forewing. 



Hadial sector very short "ith 8 to 10 superior l)riinches to tlic radius, that of 

 the forewing branching Irom the media i)roximad of the suture, that of the 

 hindwing distad of the suture. Media traversing the middle of the wing, dis- 



