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ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 12. NIO 15. 



Head reddish orange, broad and rounded behind, tapering 

 sharply to the rostrum; antennse long and slender, the joints, 

 however, not so broad and long as in E. kimherleyensis Mjöb., 

 third joint much shorter and not so broad, coalescing 

 with the 4th, which is of about the same length as the 5rd 

 (see Text Fig. 17 e), foilowing joints about twice as long as 

 broad, slightly darker than in E. kimherleyensis Mjöb. ; 

 prothorax slightly broader; in other respects very similar to 

 that species. 



Measurements: Length of body 4 mm, length of head 

 1,44 mm, length of snout 0,56 mm, breath of snout at base 



Text Fig. 24. Shape of head of soldier of Eutermes coalescena Mjöb. n. sp. 

 a from the side, b from above. 



0,2 5 mm, length of prothorax 0,2 9 mm, breadth of prothorax 

 0,5 3 mm, breadth of abdomen 0,8 2 mm. 



Work er. Very simular to that of E. kimherleyensis Mjöb., 

 but head more reddish-orange on the upper surface; the 

 joints of antennae (15-jointed) are slightly longer and more 

 lightly coloured. 



Measurements: Length of body 5 mm, length of head 

 1,62 mm, breadth of head 1,37 mm, length of prothorax 0,42 

 mm, breadth of prothorax 0,8 mm, breadth of abdomen 

 1,5 mm. 



I have taken my specimens under bark at Mundaring in 

 S. W. Australia (^^/g 1911). 



