EXPLANATION OF PLATES I—IV. 
PEAR 
TERMITARIES. 
Fig. to right.—Mound Termitary, about five feet high. The 
exterior edge is composed of cemented sand; it is of a sandy 
colour, tinged red or brown according to the colour of the soil. 
The galleries are within half an inch of the surface. They are there 
separated from each other by an inch or less of cemented material. 
In the interior the septa or walls are from 5}, to 34, of an inch thick, 
rounded at the corners: the interior is darker in colour, generally 
chocolate. This part of the architecture does not go much below 
the ground-level; tunnellings spread far and near. Many of the 
galleries are stored with grass stems cut into pieces about half an 
inch long. 
Fig. to left—Tree termitary, about 18 inches in diameter, the 
dwelling of a smaller insect than the former, on Iron - bark 
(Eucalyptus siderophloia). 
PLATE I. 
Termes sp., Top Common Movunp-Burwper or Soutu 
(QUEENSLAND. 
a, Eggs, natural size, having the appearance of medium-grained white 
sugar. They occupy with the Queen the central part of the 
Termitary above the ground-level. 
a’, Same, enlarged 74 times. 
b, Very young larva, creamy white. 
b’, Same, enlarged 74 times. 
