TERMITIDES. 525 



34. Termes fumipennis. 



Piceus, subtus, antennis pedibusque fulvis ; caput antice fulvum ; 

 abdomen subtus luteum ; alee fusca. 



Piceous, pubescent, shining", nearly linear, tawny beneath : 

 head nearly elliptical, very much longer than broad, depressed on 

 the disk, tawny in front, as broad as the thorax: ocelli two, one on 

 each side, close to the eye : mandibles with black tips : antennas 

 tawny, a little longer than the head ; joints of nearly equal length : 

 prothorax nearly twice broader than long, concave in front, convex 

 behind, slightly convex on each side : abdomen fusiform, luteous 

 beneath, a little longer and broader than the thorax : legs tawny ; 

 tibiae darker than the femora ; fourth joint of the tarsi nearly twice 

 the length of all the preceding joints : wings brown, more than 

 twice the length of the body ; veins brown, no transverse veins be- 

 tween the costal and subcostal, but numerous indistinct, transverse, 

 oblique veins between the latter and the next longitudinal vein 

 which emits two branches: discal longitudinal vein with twelve se- 

 condary veins. Length of the bod)- 2h lines ; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



a, b. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



35. Termes australis. 

 Testaceus ; caput supra ferrugineum ; alee subiimpida. 



Testaceous, pubescent : head longer than broad, as broad as the 

 thorax, ferruginous above except in front, and a slight stripe on the 

 disk : ocelli two, one on each side, between the front of the eyes and 

 close to them : mandibles piceous towards the tips, with two acute 

 teeth : antennae with less than twenty joints, not longer than the 

 head ; joints increasing in length towards the tips: prothorax sub- 

 quadrate, nearly linear, almost twice broader than long: abdomen 

 subelliptical, a little broader and longer than the thorax : legs rather 

 stout ; fourth joint of the tarsi twice the length of all the preceding 

 joints: wings sublimpid, twice the length of the body; costal and 

 subcostal veins pale testaceous; the other veins very indistinct; no 

 transverse oblique veins in front. Length of the body 3 lines : of 

 the wings 10 lines. 



a. Adelaide. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



