TERMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REOION. 
Measurements. — 
Lengtli, with wings 
,, without wings 
Head, from base to a])ex of ]al)runi, long . . 
„ wide 
Gala, wide 
Pronotum, long 
,, wide.. 
Wings, long- 
wide 
Tibia iii, long 
LocalUt/. —New Britain: liabaul (type locality), 
G.P.H., dune, 1922. 
Described from two alate iniagos (5 and ?) caught in spiders' 
webs under roof of bungalow. 
Type in Xational Museum of Victoria. 
CaLOTER.MES (GlYFTOTERMES) XANTHOLABRUM, 11. sp. 
Plate V., fig. 153; Plate VI! 1., fig. 154. 
Im.voo. 
Colour.- M\)\)ev and lower surfaces very dark brown, nearly 
black; basal joints of antennae Dresden brown; remainder of 
antennae, femora, base of mandibles and apex of alidomen dark- 
chestnut brown ; tibiae and tarsi whitish. 
Head. -Very small, shagreened, with very few setae, these mostly 
short, hue, ami pale. Byes small (0'204 x ()-255), hnelv facetted, 
rather prominent. Ocelli small, close to eves. Cdypeus hvaline, 
short and conijiai-ativelv narrow, anterior margin produced in the 
middles. |)osterior margin straight. Labrum small, nearly parallel 
on the sides and almost truncate in fi-ont, with a few nioderately 
long setae near the apex. Antennae 11- or 12-iointed, the 2nd and 
3rd joints ecpial, 4th a little shorter and wider. 5th to 10th or 11th 
moniliform. 
7V/u/-«,r. I’ronotum short and wide, reniform, markedly convex 
when viewed from behind, the margin with scanty fringe of nale, 
shoi't setae ; two pairs of long setae about the middle, one pair near 
the median line, the other near the lateral margins ; an obscure 
notch ill the posterior margin and a distinct median line from 
anterior to posterior fiorder. Vlesonotnm slightly siinmte poste- 
riorly ; metanotmn more rounded. 
II riuj.'i (ligs. 153, 154). -Short and very narrow, iridescent, 
superficially like those of Cryptotermes albipes Holmgr. Forewing 
[ 14 ] 
mm. 
8-00 
4-00 
1*10 
0*87 
0-12 
0’56 
0-85 
6-00 
1 '50 
0-78 
