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INSECT TRANSFORMATION 



among workers, soldiers, and the preliminary stages through 

 which they develop, vestigial wing-rudiments (Fig. 44 a) can 

 in some cases be detected. In many termite communities 



FIG. 43. FORMS OF NORTH AMERICAN TERMITE (CdlolermeS 



a, male (right wings truncated); b, larva (ventral view); c, worker; d, soldier; e, female 

 (" queen ") ; /, nymph with wing rudiments. Magnified (the line alongside each figure shows 

 natural size). After Marlatt, Entom. Bull. 4, U.S. Dept. Agnc 



