TERMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Legs. -\jow^ and coniparatively stout; with scanty setae, most 
nnmerons on tarsi, some very long ones at proximal end of femoi' 
and on trochantin. 
Abdomen. -Large, widest in the middle, hlnntly ])ointed at the 
apex ; first twm tergites with very long setae, a few only on each of 
the others ; venter with rather scanty clothing of moderately 
long pale setae and about twelve very long ones distributed over 
last three or four stern ites. (Vrci very large. 
Measurements. 
Total length 
Head, long 
,, wkle 
Pronotnm, long 
,, wi(le 
Tibia in, long 
Abdomen, wide 
mm. 
4-00 
i *42-1 -52 
0-854) -95 
0- 574) -68 
1 - 70H -82 
1 -004 -15 
1-00 
Worker. 
Colour. -Head mars brown above, frons .tomewiiat lighter, 
blotched ; sides much lighter ; frontal and transverse sutures pale 
coloured, very distinct ; labrum raw sienna, its apex hyaline ; 
clypeus buckthorn brown ; pronotum (innamon browm ; rneso- and 
metanotum and abdomen ochraceous tawny. 
Head. — Small, widest across the middle, glabrous, with few 
setae, the latter comprising a few^ very long ones and rather more 
short ones ; postcly^ieus moderately large, convex, more than twice 
as wide as long, truncate in front ; anteclypeus very large, as long 
as postclypeus, middle of anterior margin bluntly pointed ; labrum 
small, narrow^ behind, wide in the middle, rounded in front, with a few' 
moderately long hairs near the a])ex. .Vntennae 14- jointed, the 
3rd shortest and narrowest. 
Thorax. Pronotum small, anterior' half moi'e elevated than in 
soldier, otherwise similar. 
— Long and moderately stout, clothed as in soldier'. 
Abdomen. Large, widest in middle, clothed as in soldier'. Lei'ci 
large. 
M easarements. — 
Total leng-th 
Head, base to apex of labrum, long 
,, base to clypeofrontal suture, long 
,, wide 
„ deep 
Pronotrrm, long 
,, wide 
Tibia iii, long 
Abdomen, wide 
mm. 
4-50 
1-42 
0- 85 
1 -19 
0-68 
0-28 
0-68 
1- 08 
1-45 
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