TERMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Worker. 
Colour- Heacl clay colour ; Irons, antennae, legs and thorax 
cream. 
Head. Widest in line with the insertion of the antennae, 
narrowed to the base of the mandibles, broadly rounded behind, 
Avith very few setae. Postclypeus large, about twice as wide as 
long, rounded behind, truncate in front, with a few setae near 
anterior margin and a large reddish spot at the articulation of the 
mandibles. Anteclypeus large, as long as postclypeus, markedly 
produce(l in the middle. Labrum small, strongly convex, lAuth "a 
group of small setae about the middle of apical half, narrowed at 
the base, rounded on the sides to the rounded apex. Antennae 
13-jointed ; 2nd joint large, nearly as Avide and tAvo-thirds as long 
as 1st ; drd very short and narroAv. ° 
Thorax.- Ih-onotum similar to that of soldier. 
Legs . — Short and slender, Avith feAv setae. 
Abdomen.- W iciest in the middle, tapered to the blunth’ rounded 
apex, moderately setaceous. Cerci moderateh^ long and slender. 
Measurement. s.- - 
Total length .. _ 3 -70^ -00 
Head, to apex of labrum, long . . . . 1 •Q9 
,, to (dypeofrontal suture, long . . . . O' 57 
, 'Vide .. 0-81 
Fronotum, long .. .. .. q-27 
O' 47-0 -51 
libia m, long .. .. . p .57 
Abdomen, AA’ide .. 1'14 
Apterous Queen. 
Colour.- Head russet, Avith verv distinct frontal and transverse 
sutures ; postclypeus paler (buckthorn brown) ; labrum A'ellow 
ocliie , pionotuiii cream suffused with brown at margins ; leo’s 
and remainder of thorax cream ; abdominal tergites cream mottled 
Antennae 13-jointed : 3rd joint smallest ; 4th to 
loth increasing in length progressively. Fronotum someAcdiat similar 
to that of AA orker, but much larger : meso- and metanotum as in 
Avorker, i.e.. shoAving no trace of AAhng-rudinients. Ocelli and eves 
entirelv Avanting (stained preparations examined). Abdomen Avith 
seventh stermte long and Avide, as in female imago of allied species. 
Locahtg.—A^oidh (Queensland : Merinaa (near Cairns). Palm 
Island. 
ir soldiers of this species appear to be most nearh- 
alhed to M. parnceps Mjob., from AA'hich they differ in their smaller 
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