TERMITES EROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Wings (Fig. 151). — The principal veins dark brown, very dis- 
tinct, tiie smaller veins somewhat obscure; membrane (Fig. 152) 
with minute scale-like micrasters, most evident on the veins. Stumps 
of hindwings less than halt as long as those of forewings. 
Legs- -Short and stout ; femora thickened, nearly half as wide 
as long, spurs long and markedly serrate. 
Abdo'tnen . — Long and narrow, almost without setae, except on 
the apical margin of sclerites, where there is a fringe of hairs similar 
to those on pronotnm. Cerci very short and stout. 
Measaremients . — 
Length, with wings 
,, without wings 
Head, from base to apex of labrum, long 
from base to clypeofrontal suture, long 
,, w’ide 
,, deep 
Hula, at middle of head, wide 
Fronotum, long 
„ wide.. 
Wings, long 
,, wdde 
Tibia hi, long 
()UEEN. 
Total length, 5 •00 ; abdomen, wide, 1 '25. 
Soldier. 
C'o/onr.-- Anterior jiart of head and mandibles black, the former 
shading to hessian lirown jiosteriorly ; lateral cervical sclerites, 
anterior lobes of pronotnm, a spot on either side of these and another 
in the middle line at the posterior third also hessian broAvn. 
Head (Figs. 8 and 9). — Short, broad, and high, broadest behind 
the middle : frontal area excavated, rugose ; lateral and dorsal 
margins of this area thickened and bent outwards and upwards to 
form a flange, which is deeply and narrowly notched inid-dorsally ; 
a short, stout, horn-like prolongation of the lower anterior margin 
of the antennal fossa })rojects outwards and upwards well beyond 
the Irons. Mandibles short and stout. Labrum wide at tlie base, 
bluntly pointed in front. Antennae (Fig. U) 13-jointed ; the 4th 
very short and wide, wider than 3rd ; 5th, 6th, and 7th progressively 
longer and wider ; 8th to 13th moniliform. 
Thorm (Fig. 10).- IT'onotum with, anterior lobes elevated, the 
sides depressed, very little narrower than head, middle two-thirds 
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