^’lORMri’KS RHOM 'I’ll 10 AUSTItALIAN KKAaoN. 
soldiers and workers. Other parts of the mass contaiued a larL>e 
colony of ants {Opiailiopsis haddom Km. atid (drmjionoliis iiorae- 
hoUavdae Mayr.). (D) Same locality and date. .All castes, inchidiipu,' 
alate imagos and a (jneen, Irom a ternntaruim similar to that 
illnstrated hy Kio'. from the base ol a mound ol hiile.rnie.s 
loHt/i pe/HHis Mill. (10) 40 miles west from Stapleton, 2.10.14. .Alat(‘ 
imagos, soldiers and worker's from a blackish irreynlarly-shapr'd 
mound brrilt over' a, loy lyiny upon the o;round. (11) Dai'win, 
,40.10.14. Soldiers and workers in termitai'ium of ^l im>cemfernie.s 
nmm.s (Hill). (12) Darwin, -b.lO.bb. .Alate imayos, soldiers and 
workers from a dome-sliaped earthy mound 12 inches high on rail- 
way embankment ; most of the colony in a tree trunk lying 0 inches 
below the surface. (14) Darwin, 14.'l0.1,b. .Mate imagos, soldiers 
and workers fi'oin a ty])ica! mound built jrartly on ground and jrartly 
on stem of MacTozain la plant ; the majoT'ity ol the imagos wru'C seen 
to leave the colony during heavy I'atn. two days earlier. (D1) Da.rwiii, 
19.9.10. All castes, including alate inragos, frortt a |)arallel-sided, 
round-topped mound 12 inclies higlt and built over' a large root 
several inches Irelow the surface. 
4’y[res (inrago aird soldier) in the National Museum of Victoria. 
MiRO'I’KRMEvS KANKSIENSIS, n. S[). 
Plate IV., figs. 1.49-144 ; Plate AH., fig. 212 ; Tlate IX., fig. 214. 
1 MAGO. 
Colour. Head and pronotum very dark cliestnut ; postclypeus 
and labrum distinctly lighter, a little darker than antennae, legs 
atid mouth-])arts ; anteclypeus whitish, hyaline ; ventral surface 
same colour as legs, the sternites dark brown laterally ; wings dark 
fuscous. 
Head (Idg. 149). Very hairy; fontanelle lanceolate, nai'rowed 
anteriorly; antennae (Kig. 14 1) 15-jointed. 
\'ery closely related to M. cheeli Mjbb., from which species it 
may be distinguished by the lollowmg characters; Head moie 
setaceous, postclypeus much ligliter ; wings smaller, lighter and 
with different micrasters ; head and body lighter coloured (iTiore 
reddish) ; ocelli larger (0-080 X 0*112, as agaiiist 0*004 X 0*0<SO in 
M. cheeli)', dilTerently shaped thorax (cf. IHgs. 124, 140). I he 
relative position of the eyes to the lower ttiargin of the head and of 
the ocelli to tlie eyes is about tlie same in the two species, as is the 
size of the eyes. 
MeasaremenLs. - 
Perigtli witli wings . . 
,, without wings 
Head, to apex of lal)rum, long 
,, wide 
mm. 
7*00 7*25 
4*70 4*25 
1 *04 
0*84 
I. Juf I 
