TEEMI'rES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Mirotermes quadratus, n. sp. 
Plate IV, fig. 1-^2. 
Soldier. 
Wry closely allied to M. hroommsLs Mjdb., from North-west 
Australia, a co-type of wldcli 1 have liad for comparison. It dift'ers 
in Imvino markedly smaller antenmil joints, more deeply notched 
la brum "tuore prot'uiueut and elevated frontal process and more 
prominent lateral processes (Fig. i:52). The head and bo< I y measure- 
ments are ap])roximately the same, d'he antennae arc 14-]omted , 
1st joint very long, narrow at the base, widening towards tlie apex, 
vvdiere it is half as wide as long ; 2nd, 2rd and 4tli equal in lengtli, 
al)out half as long and wide as 1st ; 2nd a little narrower than drd 
and 4th ; bth longer and wider than 4th ; bth to 14th inc leasing in 
length progressively ; 14th one-third longer than oth. 
Local It I/. Northern 4'erritory : Strqileton ((n.b.ll., 2d. 12. 12). 
Described from a single specimen found in a termitarium of 
^llcnvcerote■rmes nerrosus, n. sp., whiidi contained also one soldier of 
an undescribed species of 1 1 ami tenues -dod numerous ants {Camponotus 
novaeMlamlae Mayr. and Kuponera latea Mayr., var. clam t'rawley). 
Type in the National Museum of Victoria. 
Mirotermes sunteri, n. sp. 
Plate IV fio's. Idd ldb ; Plate VI., fig. 210 ; Plate IX., fig. 211 ; 
Plate VI 1., figs. 222, 224. 
Imago. 
Colour. Head, pronotum and anterior one-third of meso- and 
metanotnm and first three abdominal tergites dark chestnut, re- 
maining tergites shading to antique brown ; under surface antique 
brown, '"pleura and sixth sternite of abdomen (9) darkest, the first 
five sternites buckthorn brown with lateral dark areas. Wings 
fuscous, as in M. cheeh Mjfib. 
Head (Fig. Idd). Broadly rounded behind, flat on summit, 
setaceous. Fyes large (0 -205 0 -272), circular, rather coarsely 
facetted, not prominent, separated from lower inargin of head by a 
space equal to one-fifth their diameter. Ocelli large, broadly oval, 
seiiarated from the eyes by a space nearly equal to that seqiaiating 
eyes from lower margin of head. Fontanelle linear. Postclypeus 
convex, less than twice as wide as long, semicircular behind, truncate 
in front ; antecly{)ens short and slightly produced anteriorly. 
Babruin narrowed' at the base, wide in the middle and bluntly 
pointed in front. Antennae (Fig. 135) 15-jointed ; 3rd joint shortest 
and narrowest ; 4th and 5th equal. Mandibles (Fig. 134u and h) 
with very long apical tooth. 
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