TERMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Thorax (Fig. 40). -Pronotum similar to, but somewhat shorter 
than, that of imago, with very scanty setae, the two impressions 
behind the anterior margin very distinct. Meso- and metanotum 
generally with the posterior margin very slightly sinuate, but very 
variable. 
Lef^s. -Hhort, femora very stout ; the latter almost hairless ; 
oidy scanty hairs on tibiae. Tibial spurs and the claws long and 
slender. 
Abdomen. — 8hort and narrow, with scanty, small, pale setae, 
mostly at the apex of the segments. 
Co.-tyjK'. 
N.Q. Specimens. 
Measurements. - 
mm. 
mm. 
Total length 
5-00 
5-00 
Head, with mandibles, long 
2 -39-2 -59 
.. 2-50-2-60 
,, without mandibles, long 
1-42-1 -45 
.. 1-48-1-60 
,, wide 
0-91-0 -98 
0-96 
5, deep 
Mandibles, from external articu- 
0-74 0-79 
0-79 
lation, long 
1-02 
.. 1-08-1-14 
Cula, at narrowest part, wide 
0-17 
0-17 
Pronotum, long 
0-51 
0-57 
,, wide 
0-66-0-68 
0-74 
Antennae, long . . 
1-65 
'ribia iii, long 
0-70 
0-79 
Worker. 
Colour. -Rend chamois, frons whitish, remainder of insect cream 
colour. 
Head. W ith scanty, pale setae, as on thorax ; large, widest 
behind the antennal fossae. Clypeus moderately large, convex, 
truncate in front, rather less than' half as long as wide, with a pale 
ferruginous spot at each end ; antecly])eus large, about one-quarter 
as long as wide, truncate in front. 'Labrnm large, convex, narrow 
at the base, widest at the posterior third, bluntly pointed in front. 
Antennae 17-, rarely lb-jointed, the 3rd joint shortest, generally 
coalesced with 4th. 
Thorax. -Pronotum similar to that (jf soldier. 
Abdomen.— hong and narrow, with very fe\v setae, these small 
and mostly on the apical margin of tergites. 
Lefts . — Short and moderately stout, femora very stout, with few 
setae. 
hocabties. ^Queensland : Mackay (type locality) ; Brisbane (H. 
Hacker, 13.9.12, all castes) ; Rollingstone (G.F.H., 21.2.20, ali 
castes) ; Torrens Creek (G. F. Cook, Feb., 1922, all castes) ; Prairie 
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