TERMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REOION. 
and 84). Tlie soldier of M. nemnani most closely resembles certain 
small forms of M. distinclus (or an allied species), under which species 
the distinguishing features are discussed. 
types (imago, soldier and worker) in the National Museum of 
Adctoria. 
Microcerotermes gladius, n. sp. 
Plate 111., figs. 85, 86. 
Soldier. 
Colour . — Head hazel behind, deepening to chestnut anteriorly ; 
anteclypeus hyaline ; labruni same colour as back of head ; antennae, 
thorax and legs cream buff. 
Head (Pig. 85). — Longer than wide, sides nearly parallel, broadly 
rounded behind, with very few long and short setae, the latter 
most numerous on irons and vertex. Mandibles short and stout, 
strongly curved, finely serrated. Anteclypeus slightly produced in 
the middle, variable in length. Labruni large, wide at the base, 
sloping to the bluntly pointed apex. Antennae (Pig. 86) 13-jointed, 
longer than the mandibles ; 1st joint long and slender ; 2nd about 
half as long as 1st ; 3rd smallest of all ; 4th to 7th increasing in 
length progressively ; 8th to 12th narrow at the base, slightly 
turbinate ; 13th about as long and wide as 12th, widest in the 
middle. Uula (Pig. 85) short and very wide, two-fifths as wide as 
head at its widest part. 
Thorax . — Pronotum (Pig. 85) small, of typical form, with scanty 
fringe of setae around margin. 
Leys .- — Short and moderately slender, ivitli very few setae on 
femora, rather more on tibiae. 
Abdomen . — Long and slender, widest in the middle, tapered to 
the bluntly pointed apex, moderately setaceous, the hairs mostly 
very short and fine, longer on apical segments. Cerci moderately 
long and slender. 
Measurements . — mm. 
Total length 
Head, Avith mandibles, long . . 
,, without mandibles, long 
,, base to labral suture, long 
,, deep 
,, Avide 
Mandibles, long 
Antennae, long 
Pronotum, long 
wide. 
Tibia hi, long 
Abdomen, AAude 
. . 4-00-4-20 
. . 1-82-2-16 
1-25 
. . !• 88 - 2-22 
. . 0-68-0-74 
0-85 
0- 85 
1- 25 
. . 0-30-0 -36 
. . 0-54-0 -.50 
0-70 
0-85 
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