88 NORTHERN TERRITORY TBRMITID^A.^ 



Termes germanAj sp.nov. 



Winged form not known. 



Soldier. — Head dark ochreous, jaws darker; thorax and legs 

 pale yellow; rest of body yellowish-white. Length, 4 mm. Head 

 large, longer than broad, rounded behind, curved on the sides to 

 the base of the jaws, widest across the middle, convex on the 

 summit. Forehead hairy, slightly flattened and rugose, sloping 

 down to the base of the clypeus. Clypeus large, flat, lobed in 

 front, divided in the middle line by a deep suture; a small ferru- 

 ginous spot at either end. Labrum long, convex, sloping on the 

 sides to the rounded apex, reaching half way to the barb on 

 either mandible, a few bristles on the apical half. Jaws large, 

 curved, on either side about the middle a large, angular barb or 

 fang directed backwards. Palpi long and slender, as long as 

 jaws. Antennae long, slender, 15-jointed, springing from circular 

 protuberances on the sides of the head; 1st joint long, slightly 

 swollen towards the apex, without hairs; 2nd one-half the length, 

 slender, without hairs; 3rd one-half the length of 2nd; 4th and 

 5th moniliform; 6th to 14th oval, increasing in length; 15th 

 elongate-oval; each joint from the 5th stalked and banded with 

 white. Prothorax with a few long hairs, small, nearly as long 

 as wide, divided across the middle by a deep suture, anterior half 

 rounded and bent upwards, posterior half slightly convex, sloping 

 on the sides to the rounded hind margin. Abdomen small, 

 tapered to the extremity, hairy; cerci slender. Legs stout, 4th 

 tarsal joint long, slender; claws slender; tibia armed with numer- 

 ous spines in addition to the three apical spines. 



Wo7^ke7\ — Head pale yellow; antennae, legs and thorax lighter; 

 rest of body white. Length, 3 mm. Head orbiculate. Fore- 

 head slightly concave, arcuate behind the clypeus. Clypeus 

 large, convex, truncate in front, with a brown spot at either end. 

 Labrum large, broad behind, sloping on the sides to the truncate 

 apex, barely hiding a large tooth near the tip of the left jaw. 

 Antennae 14-jointed. Prothorax small, similar to soldier. Ab- 

 domen moderately large, tapered rapidly to the extremity; cerci 

 slender. Legs slender; tibial spines and claws small. 



