TEEMITES EKOM TEE AUSTJiAJEAN KEGION. 
CoPTOTEEMES HYALOAPEX Ilolmareii. 
Neii-Guiiiea Termiten, 1911. 
Several soldiers collected from the interior of a house-stump 
are undoubtedly referable to this species. (Type locality Bukana, 
(lerman Mew (Tuinea.) 
Locality . — Papua : Mambare River, near former international 
boundary (Dr. (1. D. Vernon, 1921). 
C'OPTOTEEMES EEMOTUS. 71. S]). 
Plate 1., fig. 14. 
Soldier. 
Most closely allied to C. wicJiaelseni Silv., from south-west 
Australia, from which species it is distinguished by its shorter, 
wider and more pyriform head (ef. Pigs. 14 and 15)'; numbei' and 
form of the antennal joints, sliortei', wider and less acuminate 
labrum. Antennae Id-jointed, the 1st joint long, a little more than 
half as wide as long ; 2nd, drd, and 4th about equal in leiu>th, a little 
more than half the length of 1st and one-fifth narrower, the 2nd 
cylindri('al, the 3rd and 4tli turbinate ; 5tli slightly longei' and wider 
than fomth , bth to 12th approximatelv efjuai, s'lightb’ hmgei* than 
5th ; 13th a little loi7ger than 12th aiid about as wide. Tlnwax aiid 
abdomeii as in C. michaFhenl , but 7uore setaceous. 
4 / easuremei its .■ — ■ 
Total length 
Head, with mandibles, lono- 
,, posterior margin to an- 
terior margin of fon- 
tanelle, long 
wide 
Antennae 
Pronotum, lonsi' 
,, wide 
Tibia iii, long 
C. remotns. 
3 -50-3 -75 
1-70 
1-00 
0-97 
13- jointed 
0-34 
0-68 
0-80 
C. inichaelseni. 
4 -00- 4 -30 
1-76 
.. 1-14-1 •20 
. . 0-85 0-96 
T1 -jointed 
0-34 
0-68 
0-80 
Worker. 
Colour. (4-eainy white ; labrum yellowish white, articulation of 
mandibles reddish. Head, thorax, and abdomen with scattered 
I'eddish setae. 
Head. -Nearly spherical when vieived from above, flattened on 
vertex ; clypeus short and wide, five times wider thati lono' a?ite- 
clypeus short, truncate in front. Labrum large, narrowed at the 
