BY G. F. HILL. 



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Abdomen short and broad, uota with scattered moderately long setae. 



Measurements : 



Total length 4.25 mm. 



Head: long 1.55; wide 1.22. 



Thorax and abdomen, long 3.80. 



Antennae (15-jointed) 1.64. 



Pronotum: long .42; wide .70. 



Tibia iii., long 1.03. 



Abdomen, wide 1.78. 



This species is described from three series of soldiers and workers, (a) 

 from amongst the surface roots of gTass (1st April), (6) in an abandoned nest 

 of Eutermes pastinator Hill (1st January), (c) in heavily manured garden soil 

 (16th October). It is probably a common species in the type locality, but owing 

 to its cryptic habits it is likely to be found only by chance. 



Affinities. — In colour the soldier is very like that of H. meridionaUs Frogg., 

 but it is a much more robust species (compare Text-figs. 28 and 34, which are 

 drawn to same scale) with distinctly different mandibles. From H. germaniis 

 Hill it is easily disting-uished by its greater size and the form of the mandibles, 

 especially the relative proximity of the mandibular tooth to the base of the 

 jaw. H. kimberley>ensis Mjob. is much nearer to H. germanus Hill than to the 

 new species, with which it cannot be confused. 



Locality. — Northern Territory: Darwin (G. F. Hill). 



Hamitermes geemanus Hill. (Plate xxv., fig. 1; Text-figs. 36-41.) 



Termes germana, Hill, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xl., 1915, p. 88. 

 Hamitermes g>ermanus. Hill, Bull. Ent. Res., xii., No. 4, 1922. 



Imago. (PL xxv., fig. 1; Text-figs. 36-40.) 



Colour: Head dark auburn, thorax and tergites of abdomen argiis brown; 

 labnim yellowish ; postclypeus, mouth-parts, antennae, legs, and under-surface 

 yellow ochre; pleurae brown; wings dark fuliginous with dark brown veins. 



Head (Text-fig. 36) small, rounded behind to the posterior margin of the 

 eyes, fiattened in front, densely setaceous. Labrum rather small, swollen on the 

 sides to the semicircular anterior margin, setaceous. Anteclypeus small, hyaline; 





Text-figs. 36-41. Hatnitermes germanus Hill. 

 3-40. Imago.— 36. Head; 37. Antenna, proximal segments; 38. Antenna, 

 proximal segments of another form; 39. Antenna, distal segments; 

 40. Pronotum and posterior margin of meso- and metanotum. 

 41. Soldier. — Antenna, proximal segments. 



