TERMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
sideways whicli carries the insect a distance of | inch to (in this 
species) 2 inches. 
Examples from tlie above-mentioned series are in the National 
.Museum of Victoria. 
iMiROTERMES ALLENi Mjbberg. 
Arkiv. for Zoologi, Vol. xii, No. 15, 1920. 
L oca It ty . — North (lueensla nd . 
.Mirotermes rroomensis Afjbberg. 
Arkiv. for Zoologi, Vol. xii. No. 15, 1920. 
-North-west Australia. 
5Iirotermes .\licensis Mjoberg. 
Arkiv. for Zoologi, Vol. xii. No. 15, 1920. 
Locality . — N orth Qrieensla nd . 
Mirotermes septentrionalis, n. sp. 
Plate IV., figs. 125-127. 
Soldier. 
Colour.- Head and antennae orange rufous, labrum yellov' ochre, 
thorax and legs cream buff, remainder of insect whitish. 
Head (Ifigs. 125, 126). Large, parallel on the sides, truncate 
behind ; frontal jirocess short and wide, without lateral jirocesses ; 
antennal carinae large and heavily chitinized. Antennae (Fig. 127) 
14-jointed, 2nd joint a little longer and much narrower than 3rd ; 
3rd longer anrl wider than 4th, shortest of all ; 5th and 6th equal. 
Labrum very long and wide, spreading markedly to the deeply 
notched apex, (hda narroAv, 0 •228-0 ’255 at its narrowest part. 
J horar.- Pro)iotum narrowed and sharply bent iqi in front, 
anterior margin rounded and slightly emarginate, anterolateral angles 
bluntly rounded, posterior margin rouiuied and emarginate as in 
anterior border, the entire margin with a scantv fringe of short and 
moderately .stout .setae. 
Leys.- Moderately short and stout, with few setae. 
Abdomen. Elongate, Avidest in the middle, pointed toAvards the 
apex, AAuth scanty^ long and short pale reddish setae ; cerci large. 
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