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also assisted at the banquet. The termites began 

 to issue about noon, and were still flying, though 

 in less numbers, at sunset ; but none were seen 

 the following morning, and the toads and frogs had 

 likewise disappeared, though it was still cloudy and 

 wet. I caught many of these termites, but, though I 

 put them in a strong cyanide bottle at once, they almost 



Bufo reyularis. Rana adspersa. 

 BATEACHIANS DEVOURING TERMITES. 



invariably dispossessed themselves of their wings before 

 death. About a month afterwards (in November) a 

 much larger species (Termes angustatus] as suddenly 

 and in equal quantity appeared. This time they were 

 largely destroyed by the Cape Wagtails (Motacilla 

 capensis), which, however, fortunately for the termites, 

 were in far less numbers than formerly, as they appeared 



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