ERIC MJÖBERG, ISOPTERA. 95 



as broad, following slightly shorter, apical joint elongate, 

 rounded at tip; prothorax ridged in front, slightly emargi- 

 nate at the top; in the middle hairy, rounded at the sides; 

 abdomen oval, the dark content of intestines shining through. 



Measurement: Length of body with jaws 8 mm, length 

 of head with jaws 5 mm, length of head without jaws 2,5 mm, 

 breadth of head 1,6 7 mm, length of prothorax 0,3 8 mm, 

 breadth of prothorax 0,9 3 mm, breadth of abdomen 1,8 3 mm. 



Worker. Whitish with dark abdomen. 



Head rounded, yellowish, lighter in front, basal part of 

 clypeus broad, divided in the middle, apical part membrana- 

 ceous; labrum deeply emarginate at the sides, rounded at tip; 

 dentition of jaws as in worker of M. Harrisi Mjöb.; antennse 

 14-jointed, whitish, joint gradually longer and longer, lOth — 

 13th twice as long as broad, 14th the longest, pointed at the 

 tip, prothorax slightly ridged, whitish, rounded at the sides; 

 abdomen rounded, the dark content of intestines shining 

 through. 



Measurements: Length of body 4,7 mm, length of 

 head 1 mm, breadth of head 1,0 5 mm, breadth of abdomen 

 1,75 mm. 



A very distinct species, hitherto the longest of its genus 

 in Australia. Numerous soldiers and workers taken near 

 Cooktown in North Queensland under a log on the ground, 

 where they had formed smaller earthy galleries. 



Named in honour of the Director of the Sydney Botanical 

 Gardens, Mr J. H. Maiden. 



43. Miroterines Cheeli n. sp. 



Soldier (Plate 2, Fig. 4, Text Fig. 46, 47). Body whitish, 

 elongate, head light yellow, jaws black. 



Head very long, more than 1 V^ as long as broad, with 

 parallel sides, slightly rounded behind, profile as in Pl. 2, Fig. 

 4; a median line and upper surface of f rontal process hghter 

 in colour; f rontal process very large and pointed, thickly 

 hairy, lined with dark at the upper margins; labrum very 

 small with parallel sides, truncate in front, only the extreme 

 anterior corners slightly produced; jaws very long, slightly 

 curved, basal tooth of the left jaw very broad at the base, 



