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direction of the axis of the tree. There is no special place for the queen. The 

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

 species of Eutermea, 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. Whea thj nests project outside 



Fir,. 481. 6, Presn:mt female (queen) of Tcrmc* ludfugits. r, Pupa, if, Pupa of the second 

 form, f, Soldier, f, Worker. <>, Larva. (After Ch. Leslies). 



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

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

 species of Eutermts make their nests in holes in the earth beneath the roots of 

 Palms. Some, as AnojilotermeK /inrifirux, build hills of earth, lu this species, 

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



