TERMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Measurements. 
mm. 
Length with wings . . 
7 *50-8 -00 
,, without wings 
4 *00-4 -25 
Head, from base to clypeofrontal suture, long . . 
0-44 
,, to apex of labrum, long 
0-88 
,, at and including eyes, wide 
0-76 
Wings, forewings, long 
6 50 
„ „ wide 
1-76 
,, hindwings, long 
6-25 
wide 
1-82 
Pronotum, long 
0-42 
,, wide 
0-68 
Tibia iii, long 
0-73 
.\bflomen, wide 
1 -08 
()rEKN. 
Total length, 17 mm. 
Soldier. 
The following figures and measurements (from ty])e) are supple- 
mentary to the original description : — 
Measurements- - nira. 
Head, to a}>ex of frontal })rocess, long . . . . 1'42 
„ wide .. .. . .. ..0*80 
,, deep .. .. .. ..0-68 
Pronotum, long . . . . . . . . . . 0'20 
„ wide .. .. .. ..0*49 
Antennae, long . . . . . . . . . . 1‘82 
Tibia iii, long .. .. .. .. ..0*68 
Log 
Northern Territory : Melville Island (type locality for 
soldier and worker), 8tapletoir((}.F.H., 4.11.14, type locality for 
imago), Bathurst Island, Darwin, Koolpinyah, and other localities 
within 70 miles of Darwin on Darwin Pine Creek railway. 
Biology. The termitaria vary a good deal in size and shape, but 
are invariably built on or around a stump (Figs. 221, 222) or over 
a large surface root ; in the latter case the mass is conical or bemi- 
spherical, with a maximum diameter of about 20 inches. The 
material used in tlieir construction is a black or dark grey composition 
of earth and vegetable matter. The nymjdis pass through their final 
moult about the middle of October and are capable of flight early in 
November. Apterous or brachyjherous kings and queens have not 
been found. This species is not of much importance as a pest 
owing to its rarity, but there are instances of it having done con- 
siderable damage to fence-posts and house-blocks. It has not been 
found in the mounds of other terndtes. 
