TEKMITES EEUM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Mirotermes harrisi Mjoberg. 
Arki\'. for Zoologi, Vol. xii, No. 15, 1920. 
Locality . — North Queerislaml. 
Mirotermes maideni xMjoberg. 
Arkiv. for Zoologi, Vol, xii. No. 15, 1920. 
Locality. North (Queensland. 
Mirotermes cheeli iVljdberg. 
Arkiv. for Zoologi, Vol. xii, No. ]5, 1920. 
IMate IV., figs, 122 124 ; Plate VI., fig. 200 ; Plate IX., fig. 207. 
Imago. 
Colour. Head, thorax and dorsum of abdomen dark chestnut ; 
postclypeus lighter than head but darker than antennae, legs and 
under surface ; anteclypeus hyalin? ; ivings fuscous, veins dark 
and distinct to their extremitv. ' 
Head (Fig. 122). Sinall, hemis[)herical behind the eyes, very 
setaceous, hontanelle elongate, narrowed anteriorly, in line with 
the middle of the eyes. Antennae (Fig. 123) 15-jointed, the 3rd 
joint shortest aiul narrowest, 1th equal t() or a little longer than 5th. 
Postclypeus small, hemispherical behind, Avith indistinct suture. 
Fyes huge (0 -250 diameter), prominent, situated as far above the 
loAver margin of the head as their inner margins are from the ocelli. 
Ocelli large, o\'al, one-third longer than wide, separated from the 
eyes by a S]>ace erpial to one-half their width. 
Ihora.j' (I4g. 124). - Large, nearly as wide as head, very setaceous, 
concave in frotit, anterolateral angles broadly rounded, posterior 
margin slightly sinuate. Posterior margin of meso- and metanotum 
deeply emarginate. 
11 hiys (Mgs. 206, 207).— Small, slender ; radial sector and margin 
(excepting proximal one-third of posterior inaigin) very setaceous ; 
forewing with twelve, the hindwing with nine branches from the 
cubitus, the eighth in forewing and seventh and eighth in hindwing 
generally forked. Membrane densely covered with micrasters and 
ivith few setae. 
d I easurenients . — 
Length with wings . . .. 8 -00- 8 -50 
,, without wings .. .. .. 4 -25-4 *50 
Head, base to clypeofrontal suture, long . . Q-65 
,, base to apex of labrum, long , . .. 14)8 
,, at and including eyes, nude . . . . 0 •85-4) ‘88 
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