TERMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 
base, spreading out sharply at the basal fourth, then narrowed to 
the rounded, apex. Antennae 14-jointed, the 1st joint long ; 2nd and 
' 11 ^ little shorter and narrower, smallest of 
a , ? til slightly larger than 4tlij more globose ; 6th to 13th monili- 
form ; 14th a little longer and narrower than 13th. 
d / ecmiremenU . — 
Total length .. .. .. 3 '00 
Head, base to apex of labrum, long . . . . 1-14 
base to clypeofrontal suture j long .. O' 74 
- wide .. .. .. .. 0-97 
Pronotum, long .. .. ,, . . 0'34 
wide .. .. .. ..0-57 
Tibia iii, long .. .. .. .. .. 0'74 
Aocai%.- -New Ireland : Kaewieng (Dr. 11. (1. Wallace, 4.10.23). 
Described from a small series of soldiers and workers. It is the 
smallest species at present known from the Australian region. 
Types (soldier and worker) in National Museum of Victoria. 
(V)PTOTERMES OBIRATLJS, U. Sp. 
Plate I., fig 16. 
(Sol BIER. 
Dofour.-- Head yellow ochre ; labrum orange rufous ; thorax 
light orange yellow ; legs and abdomen lighter than thorax. 
Head (Pig. 16).— Long and narrow, not markedly widened 
posteriorly; with a few long reddish setae. Pontanelle small, half 
as wide as labrum, its margin dark and projecting very little. Clypeus 
short, hyaline. Labrum long, acuminate. Antennae long and 
slender, 16-jointed, the 2nd joint as long as the 5th, 3rd shortest and 
narrowest of all, 4th a little longer and wider than 3rd. Gula at 
its narrowest part 0'228, or about one-sixth as wide as head. 
Thorax. -Pronotum deeply emargiuate iu front, not markedly 
so behind, with rather scanty long reddish setae. Mesonotum less 
sinuate posteriorly than pronotum ; metanotum nearly straight ; 
setae as on pronotum. 
Legs . — Moderately long, stout, and setaceous. 
H6doWR/L- -Without dark pattern mid-dorsally (as seen in 
C. acinaciformis Progg.), setae on dorsum as on pronotum, denser 
on posterior part of ventral surface. Cerci very long and slender. 
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