ERIC MJOBERG, ISOPTERA. 



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longer and longer, 15th nearly twice as long as broad, 

 tapering to the tip; prothorax raised to a ridge in front as 

 in the soldier; legs short and stout; abdomen pellucid as in 

 the soldier. 



Measurements: Length of body 6 mm, length of head 

 1,73 mm, breadth of head 1,33 mm, length of prothorax 

 0,42 mm, breadth of prothorax 0,95 mm, breadth of ab- 

 domen 1,6 mm. 



This species is easily separated from all other Austral- 

 ian Hamitermes species by the unusually large fontanelle 

 in the imago, the very peculiar irregular venation of the 

 wings and the reddish-yellow, convex head of the soldier 

 with the long jaws armed with a distinct, obtuse tooth. It 



Text Fig. 42. a Head of soldier of Hamitermes obtusidens Mjöb. n. sp. 

 b » ■!> » » » scopulus Mjöb. n. sp. 



is, so far as we know, the only Australian Hamitermes species 

 inhabiting the rain-forests or jungJes. It does not seem to 

 construct a regular nest, but lives. under bark and under 

 rotten logs on the ground. My specimens all come from the 

 northern rain-forests at Cedar Creek, Atherton and Herberton. 

 The winged insects were taken in March. 



36. Hamitermes seopulus n. sp. 



Soldier (Text Fig. 42 b). A smallish species with very 

 small head and very short jaws. 



Head much longer than broad, very nearJy parallel on 

 the sides, rounded behind, light yellow, with a more whitish 



Arkiv för zoologi. Bd 12. N:o 15. a 



