ERIC MJÖBERG, ISOPTERA. 99 



45. Miroternies broomensis n. sp. 



Soldier (Plate 2, Fig. 3, Text Fig. 50). Head and antennse 

 light yellow, abdomen pellucid, showing the dark content of 

 intestines. 



Head very broad, with parallel sides, front process very 

 broad, stout, of the shape as shown in Text Fig. 50, straigbt 

 beneath, bordered with darkbrown along its iipper margin, 

 and showing a lateral chitinous, vertical band on the sides; 

 jaws long and narrow, slightly curved, the left one with an 

 obtuse cylindrical toot and a deep, rounded excision imme- 

 diately in front of it; labrum whitish, anterior angles strongly 

 prolonged into sharp tips, somewhat resembUng the labrura in 

 the soldier of M. Harrisi Mjöb.; antennse 14-jointed, basal 



Text Fig. 49. Profile of head of soldier of 

 Mirotermes Alleni Mjöb. 



joint not quite twice as long and twice as broad as the 2nd, 

 3rd more rounded at the sides, of about the same length as 

 2nd and 4th, 5th considerably longer, 6th to 9th the longest, 

 lOth to ISth slightly shorter and not quite so broad, 14th 

 elongate, rounded, nearly thrice as long as broad; prothorax 

 fairly broad, ridged in front, rounded at the sides and taper- 

 ing to the base; meso- and metathorax also rounded at the 

 sides; abdomen elongate, rounded; cerci very long and thin. 



Measurements: Length of body with jaws 7 mm, length 

 of head with jaws 4,2 mm, length of head without jaws 1,73 

 mm, breadth of head 1,2 mm, length of prothorax 0,36 mm, 

 breadth of prothorax 0,8 mm, breadth of abdomen 1,36 mm. 



Worker. Body whitish, abdomen dark. 



Head small, rounded; labrum broad, rounded atthetip; 

 basal part of clypeus large, divided by a faint suture; den- 



