TERMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
with siibcosta very short or completely fused vvith costa ; radius 
less than one-fourth the length of wing ; radial sector and media 
stout like costa, close together, unbranched, parallel to each other 
and to costii ; cubitus passing through middle of wing, with about 
hve well-defined branches near base a.nd numerous others towards 
a,pex indicated by rows of micrasters. TTindwing similar. exce])ting 
that the media branches from the radial sector about the proximal 
one-fourth of wing. Membrane light brown, suffused with darker 
brown in anal area ; micrasters moderately numerous, bluntly 
conical. a]iparently with pore at apex. 
Legs.-^ -8hort ; femora greatly thickened, almost without setae ; 
tibiae with scattered setae and short stout sours. 
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Abdomen. - Nearly parallel on the sides, bluntly rounded behind, 
each tergite with a fringe of short pale setae at the apex, similar to 
that on pronotum. Cerci short and stout. 
Memurements . — mm . 
IjCngth, with wings ( ^ ) . . . . . . . . 6'40 
,, without wings .. .. .. .. 4‘00 
Head, from base to clypeofrontal suture, long .. 0’74 
,, from base to apex of lab rum, long .. .. 1’08 
,, wide .. .. .. .. ..0-85 
Antennae (12-iointed). long .. .. .. 0'85 
IVonotum, long .. .. .. .. 0'62 
,, wide . . . . . . . . . . 0 ‘74 
Wings, fore wings, long . . . . . . . . 4'21 
,, wide .. .. .. ..1-08 
,, hindwings, long . . . . . . . . 4*10 
,, ., wide .. .. ..1*14 
Locality. As ew Britain : Rabaul. 
Described from two alate iniagos ( i and 9 ) taken from a 
spider’s web under bungalow roof ((f. F.H., 6.6.22). 
A ffinitie,s. --This species differs from Cryptotemies alhives Holmgr., 
from Tjoyalty Islands, in having darker head and pronotum. shorter, 
narrower, and darker wings, smaller eyes, the labruni. head, pronotum 
and abdomen more setaceous, the setae much longer and darker, 
wiiu'' micrasters fewer, larger and darker, and in the subspecific 
character of the venation. 
Type in National Museum of Victoria. 
Coptotermes elisae (Desneux). 
Ann. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, Vol. iii, 1905. Holmgren, 
Neu-(4ninea Terrniten, 1911. 
Locality - AQYiivan New (fuinea. 
