BY GERALD F. HILL. 449 



On 2nil July. 1920, a young king and queen, with one egg, were found in 

 a weevil hole (Euthyrrlunim meditnhntidus) in a dead mango branoh. The egg 

 lay on the floor of the liole about one inch from the entrance, which wa.s tightly 

 plugged with comminuted wood. On two subsequent occasions, two pairs (4th 

 July) and one pair (12th Nov.) were found in similar positions in the same 

 tree, but in these cases no egg was present, indicating that the termites had only 

 recently entered the lioles from which the wee\'ils had emerged. From May to 

 August the weather in Townsville is dry and generally chilly at night. 



From the facts recorded above it is evident that the alate images of this 

 species do not leave the parent colony in a ''colonising" flight at any definite 

 sea.son of the year but in small numbers flirnughout a prolonged period of the 

 year. 



It is to be noted, also, that no alate fonns liave been captured during the 

 months of high temperature and greatest rainfall, as is the case in many other 

 species. It would appear, also, that new colonies are generally founded by 

 alate pairs, as is, I think, the case with most Australian species. 



Loc. — N. Queensland : Townsville. 



Subfamily RHINOTERMITINAE Frogg. 



Genus P .\ r r h i x o t e r .ai e s Holmgr. 



P'arrhinotersies adstealictjs Mjob. 



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This species was described by Mjoberg under the name Parrhinotermes 

 queetislandicus and is referred to again on p. 126 imder that name, but on pages 

 109 and 124 it is referred to as above, which would appear to be correct, since 

 co-type specimens kindly presented to me by Professor Sjostedt are so labelled. 



I have taken this species in the type locality (Malanda, N.Q., May, 1921) 

 in a rotten log and in the vegetable debris beneath it. The colony comprised 

 workers, soldiers, larvae and n^^npllae showing first appearance of wing buds, 

 presumably from a nest situated in the soil in the vicinity. In tlieir habits they 

 appear to resemble very closely an undescribed species of Rhinotennes, which 

 was taken in the same log and in others in the vicinity. 



Genus R n i x o t e b m e s Hagen. 



Rhinoterhes (Schedorhinotermes) breinli, n. sp. (Fig's. 41-50.) 



/ mag o. (Figs. 41-44.) 



Colour: Ochraceous tawny above, yeUow ochre l)elow, wings hyaline, with 

 costal margin yellow ochre. 



Head (Fig. 41) small, rounded behind and on the sides, flattened dorso- 

 ventrally, middle of dorsal surface depressed and faintly rugose about the fon- 

 tanclle, scantily pilose. Labrum slightly convex, narrow at the base, widening 

 on the sides to the width of the clypeus, with few reddish setae. Anteclypeus mem- 

 branous, two-thirds as long as postelypeus, lobed in the middle. Postelypeus 

 convex, divided medially by a ferrugineous suture, a little wider than long, 

 slightly arcuate behind, truncate in front, with a few reddisli setae. Eyes very 

 large and prominent, nearly circular (.399 x .446). Ocelli large, broadly oval, 

 separated from the eyes by a distance equal to one-third their long diameter. 

 Fontanelle large, circular. Mandibles (Fig. 43) with four pointed teeth on left, 

 two on the right, the latter separated by a small ang-ular tooth. Antennae (Fig. 



