TEP.MITES EKOM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Measurements . — 
mm. 
Auteimae, lono’ 
Wings, foreAvings, long 
,, ,, wide 
., hindwings, long 
,, „ wide 
I’ronotum. long 
,, wide 
1-50 
7 '00 
1- 97 
6 -50 
2- 06 
0 -474) '51 
0- 74-0 -80 
Locality.— Queensland: Kollingstone ((4.K.H., 21.2.21), 
all castes ; Mareeba (U.F.H., 23.5.21), soldiers and workers : Meringa 
(P\ H. Taylor, 9 19.12.24), all castes ; Houth dolmston (F.H.T., 
9.11.24), soldiers and workers. 
Identificatio'ii. In response to a request to compare the Kolling- 
stone s])ecimens with the type imago (a queen) Professor Hjiistedt 
very kindly ])ointed out certain diflerences and, at the same time, 
forwarded both the type series and a variety from Laura for examina- 
tion. flompared with my specimens the type imago is somewhat 
narrower across the head, has eyes '01 smaller in diameter and has 
the pronotum slightly shorter and more narrowed posteriorly, l)ut 
all of these differences are within the range of variation found in 
the long series of individuals examined. The soldiers agree more 
closely with the Laura specimens than with the typical form, but 
tlie latter occurs also at .Meringa witli imagos which appear to lie 
(}uite typical. In the description the thorax of the type imago is 
stated to be 0'29 long ; this is evidently a typogra])hical error, the 
actual length being 0'44. 
Hiohx/i/.— The termitaria are built, as Mjdberg states, on the base 
of a tree-trunk or direct on the ground, the nest illustrated by him 
lieing tyjiical of many found in the vicinity of Rollingstone. One 
isolated nest measured 2 feet in height by 2 ft. b in. through its long 
axis (north and south) by 1 ft. 3 in. through its short axis, thus it 
resembled in form some of the nests of Haniitsnnes ivilsGui Hill 
described in an earlier paper (Hill, 1922). There is no well-defined 
division between the hard, blackish outer wall and the more woody 
interior, such as exists in the nests of Coptotermes .sqi/i., but the 
formation of the middle portion is not unlike that found in the nests 
of the latter groiqi, although the design is not nearly so bold. When 
opened on 21st February the nest contained an immense immlieT- 
of eo-o's and voung in all stages of development, but alate imagos 
were^not plentiful, and it appeared that tlie main colonizing flight 
had taken place some days earlier during or following heavy falls 
of rain. 'J'he soldiers are pugnacious and, like most of their congeners, 
crepitate when alarmed. As is well known in other species of this 
oenus this action is followed instantly by a spring backwards or 
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