TERMITES EROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Soldier. 
Colour . — Head hazel, darker anteriorly ; labruni oranye rufous ; 
anteclypeus hyaline ; mandibles nearly black ; thorax and legs 
cream buff. 
Head (Fig. 87). -Long and narrow, nearly parallel on the sides, 
with a few short, ])aJe setae. Anteclypeus short and wide, slightly 
sinuate on anterior margin, babrum convex, wide at base and 
narrowed to the bluntly pointed apex. Mandibles (Fig. 88) very 
long and slender, as long as remainder of head, inner edges markedly 
serrate. Antennae (Fig. 88) 18-jointed, long and slender, not 
reaching the apex of inandibles : -3rd joint shortest ; 4th to 12th 
elongate; L3tli narrower than 12th and about as long. Antennal 
carinae heavily chitinized. (bda at its widest part one-fourth as 
wide as head. 
Tliorao’ (Fig. 87).— Anterior one-third of pronotum narrowed and 
bent up, anterolateral angles ])roduced, sides sloping to the slightly 
sinuate posterior margin, with very few setae. 
Lcr/.s.- Short and moderately stout, with few setae. 
Abdomen. Long and slender, widest in the middle, tapered to 
the pointed a])ex. Cerei long and slender. Stvli wanting. 
Measurements . — 
mm. 
Total length 
Head, with mandibles, long 
,, base to labral suture, 
,, wide 
Mandibles, long 
Antennae, long 
Pronotum, long 
,, wide 
'^ribia iii, long 
-5-.50-6-40 
2-7:3-:3d)7 
1-42-1 --5:3 
0-91-0 -97 
1-48 
1-60 
0-40 
0-68 
0-76 
Worker. 
Colour . — Head ochraceous buff ; postclypeus a little paler ; frons, 
antennae, legs and thorax cream buff. 
Head. — Small, widest at the articulation of mandibles, nearly 
])arallel on the sides, broadly rounded behind ; with very scanty, 
pale setae, some of which are fairly long. Postclypeus large, hemi- 
spherical, markedly convex, glabrous, anterior margin truncate, a 
dark ferruginous spot at each end ; anteclypeus large, about half 
as long as postclypeus. Antennae 1‘3-jointed ; the .‘3rd joint smallest, 
babrum small, narrow at the base, swollen on the sides and rounded 
in front. 
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