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or only the apical one forked; cubitus sending out as a rule 

 8 oblique nervures of wliicb most are forked at tip; in the 

 broader bind wing mediana runs still bigber up above tbe 

 middle of tbe wing and sends out a couple of unforked ner- 

 vures in tbe direction of tbe second stout nervure of tbe 

 front margin wbicb, bowever, end freely in tbe membrane; 

 tbese nervures brancb off before tbe long oblique ner- 

 vure, wbicb reacbes tbe bind margin; cubitus forked at 

 tip, sending out about 8 oblique nervures, of wbicb tbree 

 or four are forked before tbey reacb tbe posterior margin; 

 legs comparatively sbort and stout, bairy, tibia? witb two 

 sbarp apical spines, claws long and sbarp; abdomen broad, 

 tbickly bairy, broadly rounded at tip; cerci sbort. 



Measurements: Lengtb of body witb wings 10,5 mm, 

 lengtb of body witbout wings 10 mm, lengtb of bead 2,2 8 mm, 



Text Fig. 3G. a, 6 Loft and right jawa of ijiiago of 

 Hamiternies per niger Frogg. 

 c Left jaw of soldier of Hamiternies 

 herhertensis Mjöb. n. sp. 



breadtb of bead 1,8 2 mm, lengtb of protborax 1 mm, breadtb 

 of protborax 1,67 mm, lengtb of före wing 13,4 mm, breadtb 

 of forewing 3,5 mm, lengtb of bindwing 12,8 mm, breadtb 

 of bindwing 3,8 mm, breadtb of abdomen 2,5 mm. 



Tbis termite lives in tbe driest and bottest parts of 

 tbe continent. Previously it was only know from tbe desert- 

 like country round Kalgoorlie in West Australia, but is appar- 

 ently spread över tbe wbole Nortb Australia. My material con- 

 tains specimens from many places in N. W. x\ustralia as 

 Broome (winged ones in June), Derby, Lower Levarynga, 

 Noonkanbab, St. George Range, as well as from tbe Cape 

 York Peninsula from Laura and Coleman River. 



Tbe species lives in a very inconspicuous way. It is an 

 underground termite wbicb builds its nest deeply down in 

 tbe ground, tbe only visible part of tbe nest being a flattened 



