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margin of wing (fig. 24), excepting proximal fourth of posterior border, ciliate, with 

 scattered hairs on membrane, especially on apical half and along veins ; costa, radius, 

 base of median and first seven or eight branches of cubitus very distinct, branches 

 of cubitus sometimes anastomosing to form cells. Legs with femora moderately 

 stout ; tibial spurs, 3:2:2. 



Fir. 24. 



Hamitermes eucalypti, sp. n., 

 wings of imago. 



Abdomen long and nearly cylindrical, with 10 dark tergites, each of the first 

 eight very distinct and with a small clear spot towards each lateral margin, moderately 

 hairy ; eight distinctly visible sternites, pale except at the lateral margins, where 

 there is on each side a dark spot, sixth longest and darkest. In the male there are 

 seven distinctly visible sternites, with lateral spots on the first three, the remainder 

 nearly uniform in colour ; lower surface darker than in female. Cerci short, basal 

 portion as long as apical. 



Measurements: Length with wings, 11-12; length without wings, 6-5-8 

 head, with mandibles, 1-2-1 -3 long; head, at and including eves, 1-1 wide 

 mandibles, right, 0-6-0-62 long, 0-46 wide, left, 0-65-0-67 long, 0-35-0-37 wide 

 antennae, 1 -65 ; prothorax, 0-47 long, 0-98 wide ; fore- and hind-wings, 9-25 long 

 fore-wing, 2-58 wide; hind- wing, 2-68 wide; tibia (i) 0-7-0-75, (ii) 0-8, 

 (iii) 1-1-1-13. 



Fig. 25. Hamitermes eucalypti, sp. n., head of 

 soldier (a) from above ; (6) in profile. 



Soldier. — Head ochraceous, mandibles ferruginous, labrum whitish ; thorax 

 lighter than head ; abdomen and legs very light yellow. 



Head with mandibles (fig. 25) longer than wide, rounded behind and on the sides, 

 with scattered red-hairs. Labrum convex, widest at the base, sloping to the bluntly 



