548 AUSTRALIAN TERMITID^H, 



or scars. Abdomen bi-oad, elongate, rounded at the tip; cere 

 short and stout. 



Soldie7\ — Head pale ferruginous at base, becoming much darker 

 towai'ds the antennae ; jaws castaneous at base to black at tips; 

 upper surface of thorax and legs pale ochreous, the rest dirty 

 white. Length to tip of bod}?^ 3| lines. Head twice as long as 

 broad, rounded behind, straight upon the sides, broadest at base 

 of jaws, flat on the summit and sloping down sharply in front, 

 irregularly roughened ; with a median suture dividing in front 

 and running out on either side at base of antennae; antennas 13- 

 jointed, short, not reaching beyond tip of jaws; clypeus small, 

 flattened, slightly rounded in front ; labrum almost quadrate, 

 lying between the base of jaws, thin and shell-like; jaws very 

 short, broad at the base, irregularly toothed, straight on the sides, 

 curved at tip and just crossing each other, with three small 

 angular teeth below on the left jaw and two larger ones on the 

 right. Body long and cylindrical. 



Worker. — Head and prothorax pale yellow, the rest white. 

 Length to tip of body 3 lines. Head spherical, showing pale 

 median and transverse sutures, and a dark mark along aj^ical 

 margin on either side in front of base of antennae. Body long, 

 cylindrical and rather hairy. 



Hab. — Mackay, Queensland (Mr. Gilbert Turner). 



Glyptotermes eucalypti, n.sp. 



(PL XXXV. figs. 5-5«.) 



The entire insect dark castaneous, antennae ochreous, under 

 surface somewhat lighter coloured; wings semi-opaque brown, 

 nervures darker, covered with fine dots or scars iridescent in 

 sunlight. Length to tip of wings 3|, to tip of body 2| lines. 



Head slightly longer than broad, broadly rounded at base, 

 arcuate in front of eyes, rounded on summit, sloping down to 

 clypeus. Eyes moderately large, projecting slightly; ocelli oval, 

 contiguous to front margin of eyes. Antenn;« 14-jointed, spring- 



