TERMITES FROM 'I’HE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Legs. — Short and moderately slender, with few setae ; tihial 
spurs and claws long and slender. 
Ahdom,en. —Long and narrow, broadly rounded at the apex, 
clothed similarly to thorax, ('erci moderately long and stout ; 
styli long and slender. 
Measurements. - 
Length with wings 
,, without wings 
Head, base to apex of labrum, 
long 
,, base to clypeofrontal 
suture, long 
,, base to fontanelle, 
long 
,, base to fontanelle, 
,, wide 
Antennae, long 
Pronotum, long 
,, wide 
Wings, forewings, long 
,, ,, wide 
,, hind wings, long 
wide 
Lyes, diameter 
L. occiduus. 
L. ferox. 
mm. 
mm. 
11 -00-11 -50 . 
4-00 
. 4-50-5-00 
0-91 
1-25 
0-68 
. 0-74-0-79 
0-37 
0-40 
0-73 
0-90 
2-05 
0 •40-0-45 . 
' 0-47-0 -50 
0-57-0-62 . 
. 0-68-0-70 
8-50 
9-00 
1-99 
2-28 
8-00 
2-05 
0-17 
o-is 
Soldier. 
Colour. Head antimony yellow ; mandibles ferruginous ; re- 
mainder of insect udiitish. 
Head. -Long and narrmv, slightly wider across the middle than 
elsewhere, broadly rounded behind, with very few setae. Antennae 
(Fig. 48) 15- or lb-jointed (15 normally) ; the 3rd joint shortest ; 
4th larger than 5th, equal to 6th ; or 3rd larger than 4th. Mandibles 
long and slender, of ty])ical form. Labrum long, conical, one-third 
longer than wide. 
Thorax. —Vronotnni similar to that of imago. Posterior margin 
of mesonotum slightly sinuate, that of metanotum nearly straight. 
Legs. -Short and moderately stout, with scanty setae. 
Abdomen. — Long and slender, widest about the middle, vutli 
scanty pale, short setae. Oerci long and slender. 
