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Genus I. — Rhinofeniies, Hagen. 

 These termites have the scapular shield broad and convex at the cross 

 suture; the main parallel veins stout and connected with the nervures 

 like that of Calotermes, and the whole wing covered with fine wrinkles or 

 ridges. The head is broad, furnished with small eyes and ocelli, and 

 20-jointed antennae ; the front of the thorax not as wide as the head. Two 

 species are recorded from Australia. (1) Ehinotermes intermedius, 

 Brauer. Pale ochreous, wings pale ferruginous; eyes and ocelli large 

 in proportion. (2) Rhinotermes reticulatus, Froggatt. Pale ferruginous, 

 wings reddish brown, eyes and ocelli small. 



Rhinotermes infermedins, Brauer. 



This termite forms small colonies all along the eastern coast, generally 

 in stumps covered with their dead bark, under which they tunnel, but are 

 occasionally found under dead logs. The winged form has tlie upper 

 surface pale ochreous, with pale ferruginous semi-transparent wings, 

 measuring over \ an inch to the tip of the wings, and about ^ to the tip 

 of the body. They are easily distinguished by the reticulated delicately 

 crenulated wings and curious cleft forehead. 



The soldiers are timid creatures, rushing off to hide as soon as they arc 

 disturbed, and consist of two very distinct varieties. The large one about 

 \ of an inch in length, with large yellow broad head, furnished with long 

 spade-shaped labrum and short curved jaws with two sharp teeth on the 

 left side and one on the right. The minor soldier is fully a third smaller, 

 with the head small and pear shaped; the jaws long and slender-toothed 

 in the same manner, and curving over at the tips ; very long palps, and 

 16-jointed antennae. 



Rhinotermes reticularis, Froggatt. 



This species is the comniou one at Kalgoorlie, West Australia, and takes 

 the place of the eastern form ; it is smaller, with a more ferruginous tint; 

 the wings lighter coloured with tawny nervures. It has the same peculiar 

 structure of the head and two distinct kinds of soldiers. 



They were found in a dead sheoak stump at Kalgoorlie by my father in 

 March, when the winged forms were emerging. Others were obtained at 

 Palm Creek, Central Australia, by the Horn Expedition. 



Sub-family IV. — Glyptotermitin.e. 

 This division contains a single genus formed by me for the reception 

 •of the three species of small dark-coloured termites living in small com- 

 munites in the trunks of trees, the soldier and workers of which are 

 elongated and cylindrical in form. 



Genus I. — Glyptotermes, Froggatt. 

 The head is broad, with moderately large eyes, with the ocelli almost 

 touching them; antennae 13-15-jointed, springing from a circular cleft 



