'rKHMlTKM K1IOM T[IK AUSTHAI.IAN KE(!I()jV. 
Tadius ; median distinct only at its base ; the cui)itiis with eight or 
nine branches, the first six distinct, tlie 5th, 6th, and 7tli often 
branclied once oi‘ twice, ddie membrane densely covered with 
micrasters and with a few mi mite setae. 
LeAj.i. -Moderately stout, short ami hairy ; tibial spurs long and 
slender. 
Abdomeik — Long and narrow, widest about the middle, tapered 
to the bluntly-jiointed ajiex. (Vrci moderatelv long, wide at the 
base ; styli long and slemler. 
.1/ easurernents. — • 
mm. 
Length with wings 
.. 1;L25 1 
,, without wings 
. . 5 •50 
Head, base to apex of labrum, long . . 
1 -08 
,, base to fontanelle, long 
0-57 
,, base to clypeol'rontal suture, long 
o-oi 
,, wide 
1 -02 
Pronotum, long 
0-57 
,, wide 
0-85 
Wings, forewings, long 
12 -OO 
wide 
2-62 
,, hindwings, long 
.. 11-25 
2-62 
.”. ... ’• 
'Pibia iii, long 
o-oi 
(h'KEN. 
'total length, lo'OO mm. ; abdomen, wide, odlO mm. 
Soldier. 
.Vn examination of a long series of soldiers (from four colonies), 
in which imagos are present and have been examined m verification 
of the identification, shows that in this s])ecies at any rate there is 
little variation m the size of individuals cotn])osmg the colonies as 
indicated in the following : 
Head, with mandibles, long 
,, posterior margin to fontanelle, 
long 
,, without mandibles, long 
,, wide 
Pronotum. wide . . 
liHiifje. 
Average 
2 -Ob :lli 
, . :i-io 
1-17-1 -42 . 
. i-:ii 
1 -IKl 1 -90 , 
, . 1 -98 
1-14-1-22 , 
. . 1-17 
0-88 1-02 . 
, . 0-96 
'Phe antennae are composed of 16 to 18 joints; 17 is the usual 
number present, but 16 joints occur frequently, while the larger 
number has been found in only one specimen. 
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