TKRMITES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
M easu/mnents continued . 
Antennne, long 
I’ronoturn, long 
,, wide 
Wings, forewings, long 
wide 
? J 9 5 VV M 
,, liindwings, long 
„ „ wide 
d’ihia iii. long 
Him. 
L-:30 1-4U 
0-47 
0-70 
6-25 
2-02 
6- 10 
2-11 
0-94 
Soldier. 
1 fun unable to find a.ny cliaraeters by wliicli tlie soldiers of this 
species can be separated from tliose ol M. cJieeli. In most examples 
the third joint of the a-utennae is markedly longer than the second 
and fourth (as desciabed in 4/. vheeli), but in some the difference is 
almost imperceptible, as is the case in one ol Mjfiberg s s})ecimens. 
The frontal process is a little less pointed than in the co-type referred 
to, but the difference is very slight. 
Worker. 
As in 4/. cheili Mjbb. 
Ijocality. Islands of Torres Strait. 
Described from a comj)lete nest-series collected on Banks Island 
by Rev. (1. A. Luscombe (22.11.20) from a termitarium about 2 feet 
high. The folhnving additional s])ecimens were received also from 
the same collector : — A conijilete nest-series from a blackish, earthy 
mound built against a tree-trunk, Banks Island (26.11.20); soldiers, 
v'orkers and yoniig larvae from a similar nest, Badu Island (26.11.21) ; 
soldiers, workers and two first-foTTU (pieens (ovigerous) from a black, 
earthy termitarium 2 feet huig by 1 foot across at the widest part, 
built near the ground on tree-trunk, Banks Island (27.4.21) ; (4) 
soldiers, workers, nym})hs and 30 brachypterous queens from termi- 
tarium similar to (3), Banks Islarul ((J.A.L., 22.6.21); (5) soldiers, 
workers and young larvae from interior of dead coconut palm, 
Banks Island (Dr. (f. 11. Vernon, September, 1920). 
Ty])es (imago, soldier and worker) in the National Museum of 
Victoria. 
Miro'cermes orrus, n. sp. 
Blate IV., iigs. 144-146 ; Plate VI., fig. 214. 
liMA(a:'. 
Simihu' to 47. smUeri, n. s|). in gross appearance and colour of 
wings, but the dorsal surface is slightly darker and the ventral 
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