'rEKMl'I’KS KKOM 'I’llK AUSTKAMAN KK(aON. 
commonest segmentation being — 3rd as long as or longer than 2 ik 1, 
often longer than 5th ; 4th shortest, but not markedly so, not fused 
with 3rd ; 5th to 9th progressively longei'. The termitarium was 
described as being 9 inches high by 6 inches in diatneter at the 
base, on o])en, well-drained bwest country. 
Types (imago, soldier and worker) in the National Musenni of 
\lctoria. 
M I ( ! R( ) ( ' K K o 'r EKM ES P A R V I( ! E PS M job erg . 
Arkiv. for Zoologi. Vol. xii. No. 15, 1920. 
Plate IX., fig. 185. 
ddiis and the following species (type locality South ()ucensland) 
do not ap[)ear to occur in North ()ucensland or Northern Territory. 
The soldier is described as having 14-jointed antennae ; all other 
Australian s]>ecies have the antennae invariably 13-jointed. 
llimtociEKOTEEMES EXCISES IVljoberg. 
Arkiv. for Zoologi. Vol. xii, No. 15, 1920. 
Locaiity - South ()ueensland. 
Miorocerotermes leai, n. sp. 
Plate 111., iigs. 72-76 ; Plate VI., fig. 186 ; Plate IX., fig. 187. 
Imago. 
Col()ur.^V])])er surface similar to M. distincfm but more reddish ; 
anteclypeus hyaline ; labrum yellowish brown, distinctly lighter 
than clypeus ; antennae and ])al])i dark, but not so dark as in 
di fit ill, ctm ; under surface and legs clay colour, with the sternites 
suffused with dark brown ; apical margin of tergites and sternites 
testaceous ; wings light fuscous, much lighter than in M. sermtus 
(Krogg.). 
Head (lOg. l2).- (dabrous, with a few long setae arranged in 
pairs and inany much shorter ones ; small and rather narrow, flat 
on summit, frons depressed, no indication of fontanelle. Clypeus 
large, markedly convex and rounded behind, truncate in front, 
with distinct suture and a few small setae ; anteclypieus very large, 
about two-thirds wider than long, anterior margin jiroduced in the 
middle. Labrum small, not covering apiex of mandibles, convex, 
rounded on the sides and in front, w’ith nnmerons long dark setae. 
Lyes small (0'204 x 0-204), prominent, finely facetted, a little less 
than half their diameter from the lower margin of head. Ocelli small, 
broadly oval, well separated from the eyes. Antennae (Lig. 73) 14- 
jointed 2nd joint large, five-sevenths as long as 1st ; 3rd \wy short 
and narrow ; 4th longer and wider than 3rd, shorter and narrower than 
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