16 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 12. N:0 15. 



arcuate, with long stiff hairs at the sides and two yellowish 



spöts near the front margin; in other respects very similar 



to the soldier. 



Measurements: Length of body 11,5 mm, length of 



head 2,8 mm, breadth of head 2,7 mm, length of pro- 



thorax 1,6 mm, breadth of prothorax 2,8 mm, breadth of 



abdomen 3,5 mm. 



This very large and characteristic species seems to be 



related to the species C. insularis White^ C. irr egularis Frogg. 



and G. rohustus Frogg. among the Australian, and to C. 



schulzei Holmgr. and C, papiia Desn. among the Papuan 



species. The winged form is even larger than the imago of 



C. insularis White, from which it differs by the darkly 



coloured wings, and the different nervature. From 



C. irregidaris Frogg. it differs by its size, the colour 



and nervature of the wings, the differently shaped 



jaws; from C. rohustus Frogg., it is well separated 



by the size of the imago, the nervature, the form of 



the antennse, the tibiae, having only three apical 



spines, etc. It is well separated also from the New 



Guinean species by its considerably larger size, 



p. g the breadth of prothorax, the number of joints 



Shapeofeggof antennse, etc. — It is a typical inhabitant of 



of Galoter- ^]^g rain-forests and seems to be limited in its di- 

 mes malan- ., . , » i -n- i i i i i i 



densfsMjöB.stribution to the Atherton-Herberton tablelandand 

 ^- ^P- the Mulgrave valley. It leaves in dead trees or 

 logs on the ground, where it forms irregular ducts and 

 galleries, which it closes by means of a clayey substance 

 (Text Fig. 5). I have found fresh eggs (length 1,6 2 mm, 

 breadth 0,5 1 mm) together with some imagines and wor- 

 kers in small branches on the ground (April). No signs 

 of any queens could be seen. The eggs are unusually long 

 and slightly curved (Text Fig. 6). Specimens have been col- 

 lected at Cedar Creek (April, also winged ones), Malanda 

 (March, also winged ones) and Bellenden Ker (May). 



5. Calotennes (Neotermes) paralleliceps n. sp. 



Imago (wingless). Body broad, slightly depressed, fer- 

 ruginous, shining, underside lighter, eyes and tips of jaws 

 black. 



