TERMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Worker. 
Colour. Head buft' yellow ; frons, antennae, thorax and legs 
ei'eain ; a, dark reddish spot at articulation of niandibles. 
Head. Moderately hairy, the hairs mostly short ; jiarallel on 
the sides, broadly rounded behind, widest in line with the insertion 
of the antennae. Postcly|)eus large, convex, markedly rounded 
behind, truncate ui front, with fairly distinct median suture and 
about twelve I'eddish setai* ; anteclypeus large, the anterior margin 
produced in the middle. Labruni moderately lai'ge, convex, nar- 
rowed at the base, swollen on the sides to the rounded apex, a group 
of about eight short, moderately stout hairs near the apex. Antennae 
lb-jointed, segmentation similar to that of imago. 
Thorax. Ihnnotum similar to that of soldier, but with fewer 
setae. Posterior margin of meso- and metanotum broadly rounded 
or nearly truncate, with a scanty fringe of long, pale setae as on 
])ronotum. 
Lcf/s.- -Short and moderately stout, clothed similarly to abdomen. 
Abdomen. -Long and narrow, with scantv, pale setae. Lerci 
large. 
M easutemenU. - 
Total length 
Head, to apex of labruni, long 
., to clypeofrontal suture, long 
wide 
Pronotum, long . . 
,, wide 
Antennae, long . . 
Ihbia hi, long 
Abdomen, wide . . 
Locality. — South-west Australia : Mundaring 
Wongong, Hovea, Hosnells ; North-west Australia : 
mm. 
.. 3 -64 
.. 0-97 
.. 0-60 
.. 0-74 
0'25 
.. 0-51 
.. 0-85 
.. 0-50 
0-90 
(type locality), 
Broome. 
1 he imago and worker are described from a nest-series without 
soldiers ; the latter caste is described from a. nest-series (from the 
same locality) containing a hrst-form Icing and queen which agree in 
every respect with the type imago. Fifteen colonies have"" been 
examined, of which number twelve are without imagos. Of the 
latter number one was associated with Entermcs api.ocephcdvs Silv. 
(Mundaring, i\ V. Hill, 18.10.20) and two with Copfotermes sp. 
(Hovea, 4. Clark). One small series received for identification from 
Ml. L. J. Newmian, (loveimnent Lntomologist, was found destrovino' 
a cotton ]jlant at Broome. ' 
Affinities.- 4Te similarity of the imago to M. leai, n. sp. has 
been noted ; the soldiers, however, are quite distinct (cf. Figs. 76 
1 80 ] 
