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direction of the axis of the tree. There i< m.i -pecial place fur the queen. The 

 walls of the passages are usually coated with a thin layer of excrement. In 

 species of Eiitci-mrs. in which the soldiers have pointed heads, the passages are 

 so close to one another that the wood partition between them disappears, and 

 the wall of excrement alone separates them. When the nests project outside 



FIG. iftl. b, Pregnant female (queen) of Termes litcifugu*. c, Pupa. J, Pupa of the second 

 form, e, SoMier. /', Worker, g, Larva. (After Ch. Lespos). 



the tree, they form the so-called spherical tree-nests. There are also nests 

 which are attached to trees from outside, and are built of earth or clay. Other 

 ^pecies of Euti'nnrx make their nests in holes in the earth beneath the roots of 

 Palms. Some, as .Inoplotrrmes pncijicHx. build hills of earth. Tn this species, 

 soldiers are absent ; the males and females leave the community shortly after 



