'I'KRMrrES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
laro-e dark chestnut spot at internal articulation of mandibles. 
Antennae Id- or 14-jointed, drd joint shortest, 4tli to jienultimate 
joints increasing' in leni>th progressively, a|)ical joint nuu'kedly longer 
and a little narrower than j)receding one. Dillers Iroin M. 'Ihw.us in 
having much larger spots at articulation ot mandibles and a daik 
median suture in clyjieus, head of same colour as 4/. luitius but 
blotched in appearance. Irons same colour as back ol head (not 
whitish). 
MeasKnwievJs. 
Total length 
Head, to apex of labrum, long 
,, to clypeofrontal suture, long 
,, wide 
Pronotum, long . . 
,, wdde 
I'ibia hi, long 
lA)califH. North (huHMisland : Meringa, near ('aims. 
Described from a complete nest series collected by Mr. 
Taylor on 41. Id. 24 from a small termitarinm about the size of a 
human head and situated at tlie base of a termitarium of Coptotermes 
mm. 
3 
0 
U 
0 
u 
0 
0 
•70 
•78 
•45 
•60 
•20 
•45 
•48 
H. 
((cinaciforttiis ( Krogg.). 
h’ypes (imago, soldier and worker) in tlie National iMuseum of 
Victoria ; paratypes in Mr. d’aylor s collection. 
Microgerotermes mendicus, n. sp. 
Plate 
figs. 08 102 ; Plate V!., fig. 108 ; Plate 
IX., fig. 100. 
Imago. 
Differs from M. sermtus (Krogg.), which species it most closely 
resembles, in the following characters : Slightly darker in colour, 
eyes distinctly larger, wings darker (dark tuscous), longer and wider ; 
dilTers from j7. parrlccps Mjdb. in its smaller size, larger eyes, smaller 
and more rounded pronotum ; dilTers from M. turiieri (Krogg.) in 
being much smaller and in having mai'kedly smaller eyes, ocelli and 
pronotum. 4’he ocelli are 0-068 in leng'th, which is the distance 
se])a rating the eves from the lower margin of the head and from 
the ocelli. 
MemuremeutH. 
Ijength with wings 
,, without wings . . 
Head, to a[)ex of labrum, long . . 
,, to clyjieofrontal suture, long 
,, wide 
hives, diameter 
Antennae (14-jointed)_ . . 
mm. 
c? 7-50, 9 8-50 
^ 4-00, 9 4-27 
1 -00 
0-58 
0-81 
, 0-221 X 0-221 
1-251 -46 
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