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shaped jaws turning over each other at the tip; the labrum long, narrow, 

 and pointed at the tip. Antenna? long, 15-jointed. 



This is a common species about Sydney, living in small colonies under 

 logs or stones, or dry earthern banks, and sometimes forming their 

 galleries in the base of the walls of the milk termites' nest. They seem 

 to have no regular structure in the galleries, which are always well defined, 

 and of a very pale chocolate brown colour when exposed, but run out at 

 all angles. The soldiers are usually very numerous in proportion to the 

 workers, and very pugnacious, turning round, while the paler white 

 workers make for cover, and snapping their jaws together with a distinct 

 click, as the two jaws strike. They all seem very sensitive to light, and 

 retreat to the burrows leading downward as soon as the galleries are 

 broken. The colonies, though abundant in the bush around Sydney, as 

 a rule consist of only a few hundred individuals. 



Termes paradoxus, Froggatt. 



. This species was obtained in small colonies under logs in the Mackay 

 district, Queensland, by the late Mr. Gilbert Turner, and, as far as I 

 know, is local in its range. 



The winged termite is of a general light brown colour, with pale fuscous 

 wings darkest near the body, thickly covered with fine hairs, and under 

 ^ an inch in length to the tip of the folded wings. 



The soldier has a light yellow-coloured head, with dark ferruginous 

 jaws, black at the tips; head much longer than broad, rounded behind, 

 parallel on the sides, and truncate behind the jaws; the antennae 

 17-jointed, slender; labrum broadly rounded at the tip, rather long; the 

 jaws slender, without teeth, springing from the centre of the head, 

 slightly curved, and when at rest crossing sharp over each other. Length 

 under \ of an inch. 



The Serrate-jawed White Ant (Termes serratus, Froggatt). 



The winged form of this species unknown. The soldier has a bright 

 ferruginous head, darkest in front, with black-tipped jaws; antennae and 

 palpi light brown, prothorax pale yellow. The head is long and slender, 

 rounded behind, but almost straight in front behind the jaws. The 

 antennai consists of thirteen slender joints; the labrum, broadest at the 

 base, parallel on the sides to the spade-shaped apex. The jaws very 

 slender, springing from the centre of the head, narrow at the base and 

 nearly as long as the head, curving in and crossing at the tips, finely 

 serrate on the inner edge. The worker is about the same length as the 

 soldier, viz., 2 lines, dull white with a pale yellow head. This is a rare 

 species, received from Torren's Creek, North-western Queensland. 



Turner's White Ant (Termes Turneri, Froggatt). 



The members of this species construct small nests from 1 to 2 feet in 

 height, of an irregular cone shape, and up to 18 inches in diameter at 



