TERMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Measurements 
L. occiduus. L. ferox 
"Fotal leiigtli 
Kead, with mandibles, long . . 
,, without mandibles, long 
,, wide 
., dee,}) 
Mandibles, from external articulation 
long 
.Vntennae. long 
Pronotum, long 
,, wide 
Tibia iii, long 
AVorker. 
Colour. Head cream, witli a ferruginoi 
cly})eus ; remainder whitisli. 
Head. Slightly longer than wide, widest })art in line with insertion 
of antennae, broadly rounded ]iosteriorly, with scanty yjale setae ; 
sutures indistinct. (1y])eus and labruni as in imago, the former 
markedly glabrous and convex. Antennae 15-join ted ; the 3rd or 
4th joint shortest. 
(co-type). 
mm. 
mm. 
4 '50 
.. 5-00 
2-16 
.. 2-50 
1'33 
.. 1-08 
0'74 
.. 0-91 
0.62 
.. 0.74 
0-82 
. 1-20 
1-24 
0-45 
0-51 
0-62 
.. 0-74 
0-62 
.. 0-74 
jiot at 
each end of 
T/R)mT. --Pronotum narrower than head, similar to that of 
soldier, with scanty fringe of pale setae. Meso- and metanotum as 
in soldier. 
Leijs.- -Short and moderately stout, with few setae. 
Abdomen. -Long and rather narrow, widest about the sixth 
tergite, with a scanty fringe of |>ale, short setae at the apex of each 
segment. 
MeasureumUs. - mm. 
Total length .. .. .. .. .. 3'40 
Head, base to apex of labruni, long . . . . 1’08 
,. base to clypeofrontal suture, long .. .. O' 68 
,, wide . . . . . . , . . . 0'80 
Pronotum, long . . . . . . . . 0'28 
,, wide .. .. .. 0'51 
Tibia iii, long . . . . . . . . 0'54 
Localities. -South-west Australia : Mundaring (type locality), 
WAngong. Ludlow, l)wellingu]j, (losnells, Lhidlow’s Well, Hovea. 
Armadale (J. Clark), Merredin (L. -1. Newman). 
Affinuties. This species is closely related to L. ferox, the measure- 
ments of imago and soldier of which are given for com]iarison. Apart 
from its smaller sHe the imago of the proposed new species differs 
