532 AUSTRALIAN TERM IT IT). K, 



behind, nearly twice as long as broad, sloping down on the fore- 

 head, rugose behind the clypeus; antennie IS-jointed, springing 

 from a cleft on the sides of the head; 3rd joint shortest, the rest 

 broadl}' 2^yi^oi'™j tlie last elongate-oval; clypeus small, truncate 

 upon the sides; labrum large, rounded on the sides and tip; 

 palpi slender, short; jaws broad and stout, curved and slender at 

 the tips, with two angular teeth aljout the centre, rugose to a 

 large angular tooth at the base; jaws crossing over each other to 

 the centre; left jaw with only one tooth in the centre. Prothorax 

 rounded on the sides, concave in front ; abdomen elongate-ovab' 

 anal appendices long and hairy, cerci short and stout. 



Worker with the head only pale yellow; length 2 lines. Head 

 spherical; antenna? shorter and thicker than those of the soldier; 

 thorax not quite as broad as the head; abdomen long, cylindrical, 

 pointed at the apex. 



Hnh. — Drury, New Zealand (Captain Thomas Broun). 



Spirit specimens of this species were sent to me by Captain 

 Broun under the impression that it was Calotei-mes atistralis, 

 White. It is, however, a very different form, differing both in 

 size, colour, and other details. I am also indebted to Captain 

 Broun for the following information: — "This species originally 

 inhabited the ' Puriri ' ( Vitex UttoraHs) in our northern forests, 

 where I have frequently cut out the nests containing only a small 

 family. This .species has been found in buildings as far south as 

 Tauranga, and is widely distributed throughout the Auckland 

 district even where the ' Puriri ' does not grow. This is accounted 

 for by the practice of using blocks of this wood for foundations 

 sometimes infested with the termites ; when they have eaten 

 through the blocks they attack the kauri flooring boards, and in 

 some cases eat their way through the wall studs to the roof. In 

 the softer ' Wauri ' timber the communities become much more 

 numerous and destructive." 



. Calotekmes adamsoni, n.sp. 

 (PL XXXV. figs. 2, 2«, 26.) 

 Head ferruginous, thorax ochreous, with darker markings at the 

 base of wings ; upper surface of abdominal segments darker 



