TERMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Kutermes RUEIROSTRIS, H. SJ). 
I’late figs. 19-21 . 
tSoLDIER. 
(Colour . — Head buckthorn brown, rostrum burnt sienna ; antennae 
and ])ronotum nearly as dark as head ; legs cream buff. 
Head (Figs. 19 and 20). Almost s})herical in dorsal aspect, with 
a few very long, and rather more very short setae ; rostrum long 
and slender. Antennae (Fig. 21) 11-jointed (rarely 10-ioi))ted) ; 
drd shortest and narrowest, 4th markedly longer and wider 
than 3rd. 
f^ronotum. Very small, less than half as wide as head, the 
a,ntero-lateral angles prominent, the anterior margin slightly emar- 
ginate in the middle, the hind margin less so ; with very few hairs. 
Lefjs. Moderately short and stout, with scanty pale setae. 
Ahdome/G - Short and broad, widest in the middle, pointed towards 
the apex. 
Meamremethtsr nun . 
Total length . . . . . . . . . . 2‘65 
Head, long .. .. .. .. IHO 
» •• • .. .. .. 0-59 
•• •• .. .. ..0-42 
Thorax and abdomen, long . . . . . . 1-53 
Fronotum, long .. .. .. _ 
wide .. .. .. ..0-25 
Antennae (1 1-jointed) .. .. .. .. 0'81 
Tibia iii, long .. .. .. .. .. 0-56 
Worker. 
Colour.- Head and antennae buff yellow, articulation of mandi- 
bles showing distinctly as a redclisir sj)ot at either end of post- 
clypeus ; thorax and legs cream colour. 
//ead.-- Widest behind the antennal fossae, sides narrowed to 
tlie posterior margin. ; frontal and transverse sutures indistinct ; 
frons concave ; setae few, pale, some comparatively long ; post- 
clypeus slightly concave behind, less so in fi'ont, three-eighths as 
long as wide ; anteclypeus rounde<l in front ; labj'um short, markedlv 
convex and ronnded, clothed with long and short setae. ’ Antennae 
12 -jointed, 2 nd joint half as long as 1 st and nearlv as wide ; 3 rd 
very short and markedly narrower than 2 nd and 4 th ; 4 th t<) 7 th 
increasing in length pi'ogressively. 
