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36. Termes obscurus. 



Ferrugineus ; caput antice fulvum ; antenna testacea ; pedes fulvi ; 

 alee sordide albidi. 



Ferruginous, pubescent, sublinear : head elliptical, much longer 

 than broad, tawny in front, a little narrower than the thorax : ocelli 

 two, small, one close to the eye on each side: mandibles small : 

 antennae testaceous, mutilated, not longer than the head ? joints of 

 nearly equal length : prothorax very much broader than long, 

 slightly concave in front, equally convex behind, hardly rounded on 

 each side: abdomen linear, rounded at the tip, shorter than the 

 thorax : legs tawny : wings dingy white, slightly rugulose and 

 opaque; costal and subcostal veins tawny, a few very oblique trans- 

 verse veins between them ; the other veins whitish, few and indis- 

 tinct. Length of the body 2% lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir John Richardson. 



37. Termes convexus. 



Ferrugineus; subtus, abdomen, antennis pedibusque fulvis ; alee 

 sub fusees. 



Ferruginous, smooth, shining, linear, pubescent, tawny be- 

 neath : head elliptical, much longer than broad, tawny about the 

 mouth, hardly narrower than the thorax : ocelli two, small, one 

 close to the eye on each side : mandibles small, bidentate, black to- 

 wards the tips : antennas tawny, shorter than the head, with about 

 thirteen joints: prothorax with an indistinct discal furrow, very 

 much broader than long, slightly concave in front, almost straight 

 behind, convex on each side : abdomen hardly longer than the tho- 

 rax: legs tawny ; fourth joint of the tarsi as long as all the preced- 

 ing joints: wings pale brown, slightly rugulose and opaque; costal 

 and subcostal veins ferruginous, with about twelve oblique transverse 

 veins between them ; the other veins very pale and indistinct, with 

 rows of punctures between them and along them ; about twelve se- 

 condary oblique veins proceeding to the hind border. Length of 

 the body Inline ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Van Dieman's Land. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



2 z 2 



