100 NORTHERN TERRITORY TERMITID.f:, i,, 



round in section; cerci small; claws strong; tibial spines larger 

 than in H. Taylori. 



Worker. — Head pale yellow; thorax and antennae lighter; rest 

 of insect whitish. Length, 3} mm. Head small, rounded behind 

 and on the sides, with an obscure keyhole-like mark in the centre 

 of the slightly flattened forehead. Clypeus large, convex, rounded, 

 divided in the middle line by an obscure suture, front margin 

 truncate, apex divided from hind portion by a deep suture, a 

 brown spot at either end of the clypeus in line with the antennal 

 clefts. Labrum large, hairy, not covering jaws, broad at the 

 base, sloping in to the truncate apex. Antennae short, 14-jointed, 

 arising from small protuberances; 1st joint long, slender; 2nd 

 one-half the length; 3rd and 4th small, coalesced; 5th larger; 6th 

 to 13th moniliform; 14th long. ?rothorax small, hairy, rounded 

 behind, apical half turned up nearly at right angles Legs small, 

 slender. Abdomen elongate-oval; cerci very small. 



This appears to be a rare species, only one small colony having 

 been taken. The queen, with three soldiers and about fifty 

 workers and nymphse, were taken at ground-level in an abandoned 

 termitarium of Eutermes kastilis. It is a very distinct species, 

 easily distinguished from others of this group. 



I have much pleasure in dedicating this species to Mr. W. W. 

 Froggatt, Government Entomologist of New South Wales, who 

 has kindly identified many termites for me, and whose works on 

 the Termitidse I have freely consulted. 



Hah. — Thirty-four miles east of Darwin, Northern Territory 

 (G. F. Hill, 14/1/13). Types (No.34) in Entomologist's Office, 

 Department of Agriculture, N.T. 



Eutermes pastinator, sp.nov. (Plates xix.) 



Winged form. — Head nearly black, antennae, clypeus, labrum, 

 palpi, legs, and underparts dull ochreous; thorax, chitinous plates 

 of dorsum of abdomen, and a spot at either end of plates 2-6 of 

 ventral surface, dark brown. Length, to tip of wings, 20 5 mm.; 

 to tip of body, 10 mm. Head very hairy, round behind, a narrow 

 cleft in the depressed centre of the flattened summit, arcuate 

 behind the clypeus; eyes large, round, projecting; ocelli large, 



