526 TEKMITIDES. 



T. auslralis P — Testaceous, pubescent, shining : head tawny, 

 ferruginous in front, broader and longer than the thorax : eyes and 

 ocelli none : mandibles black, stout, curved, acute, with a tooth near 

 the base: antennae with about twenty-three short joints, much 

 shorter than the head: prothorax somewhat obconical, slightly con- 

 vex in front, very convex along the hind border : mesothorax and 

 metathorax very short: abdomen slightly decreasing in breadth 

 horn the base to the tip, a little longer than the thorax : legs of 

 moderate length; fourth joint of the tarsi full twice the length of 

 all the other joints. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



T.australis P — Testaceous, pubescent, shining: head elliptical, 

 tawny, depressed above, ferruginous in front, longer and broader 

 than the thorax : eyes and ocelli none : mandibles black, stout, 

 nearly straight, with hooked tips, armed with two broad teeth: an- 

 tennae tawny, shorter than the head ; joints with whitish tips, suc- 

 cessively decreasing in length : prothorax full twice broader than 

 long; fore border slightly concave ; sides and hind border convex: 

 abdomen subfusiform, a little broader and longer than the thorax : 

 legs rather stout; fourth joint of the tarsi more than twice the 

 length of all the other joints. Length of the body 3 lines. 



a. Van Dieman's Laud. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



T. australisP Immature. — Testaceous, pubescent, shining: 

 head short-elliptical, depressed on the disk, blackish on each side 

 between the antennae and behind the clypeus: eyes and ocelli none: 

 antennae shorter than the head; joints very short: prothorax full 

 twice broader than long, hardly concave in front, convex behind and 

 on each side: abdomen longer than the thorax : fourth joint of the 

 tarsi full twice the length of all the other joints. Length of the 

 body 3 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



T. australis P Immature. — Testaceous, like the last : head nar- 

 rower, with a piceous spot on each side between the antennae which 

 are almost as long as the head : abdomen subfusiform, very much 

 broader and longer than the thorax. Length of the body 3 lines. 

 a. Van Dieman's Land. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



