TERMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REOION. 
5tli, wliicli is ecjual to or a little larger tluiii 6tli ; Gtli to 8th increas- 
ing progressively; 9th to 12th about equal, turbinate; IGth a 
little longer than 12th ; 14th about as wide as 12th, but longer. 
Thorax.- Pronotuin (hdg. 74) glabrous, moderately setaceous on 
sides and in front ; the mitldle with very few setae, the anterior 
margin slightly sinuate with the extreme edge bent u]), anterolateral 
angles bluntly rounded, sides sloping to the slightly sinuate [losterior 
margin. Meso- and metanotum (Fig. 75) with the ])osterior margin 
markedly sinuate. 
Wing^. -Wing-stumps small, moderately setaceous, about as loug 
as their respective nota. AViugs (Figs. 186, 187) small and slender ; 
with two anterior veins, the base of the median and the first five to 
seven branches of the cubitus distinct. The membrane densely 
covered with micrasters and with many minute setae on forewings, 
the latter wanting or very few" on himUvings. 
Legs . — yiiort and moderately slender ; rather setaceous. 
Abdomen . — Long and slender, narrow at the base, nearly parallel 
from the third to sixth segments, bluntly rounded at apex ; the 
tergites and sternites markedly setaceous. Cerci small. 
Measureme)Us.- - 
mm. 
Length with wings . . . . 
7-50; 9 
,, without wings . . . . $ 
4-25; 9 
Head, from base to apex of labrum, long 
0-97 
,, to clypeofrontal suture, long 
U-57 
,, wide 
0-79 
Antennae, long 
114 
Ih'onorum, long 
0-29 
,, wide 
0-68 
AAdngs, forewdngs, long 
5-70 
,, wide 
L50 
,, hindwings, long 
5-40 
wide 
1-65 
Tibia iii, long 
0-74 
Abdomen, wide 
0-95 
Soldier. 
Colour . — Head and labrum orange rufous, mandibles uniform 
reddish brown, antennae yellow" ochre. 
Head (Fig. 76). — Longer than wide, w-idest across the middle, 
slightly rounded on the sides, ])ostero-lateral margin rounded to the 
truncate ])osterior margin, the entire surface almost devoid of setae, 
(’lypeus large, truucate in front, W’ith tw'o moderately long and a 
few very short setae, the former near the a]>ex ; anteclypeus short, 
sometimes concealed. Labrum wide at the base, a little w"ider 
