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and soldiers with a very few undeveloped laying females. Others 

 may have only workers and soldiers, and some may contain only 

 workers. Again, there is associated with Termes flavipes a clear 

 black form, variable in size, some with wing stumps, and others, 

 so far as I can see now, without being cleared, appear to have 

 none. I have only met with five of these forms so far; one 

 measured six mm. in length, another five mm., and two of these 

 measure four mm. The fifth form I sent to Prof. L. O. Howard, 

 not long since, with notes. He referred it to Prof. Schwartz, 

 who has been paying some attention to the Termes at Washington, 

 He reported back to Mr. Howard substantially as follows : That 

 the species sent by me was a full developed male with winged 

 stumps. This black form of the males of Termes flavipes is not 

 rare at Washington and through the Southern States, and we 

 have often wondered whether we have not several species mixed 

 up among Termes flavipes, for it seems there are swarms of sexed 

 Termites composed entirely of male forms (not immature ones) 

 and others composed of dark forms, but there have been no exact 

 observations as yet been made on this subject. He also adds 

 that so far as he knows there is no literature pertaining to this 

 form . 



When I first observed its appearance with Termes flavipes, and 

 in the nest with it, I supposed it to be a species of a Staphylinid 

 beetle, so swift was its movements that they made them quite 

 deceptive. They are very swift runners and hard to capture. 

 Further observations will be necessary to determine whether 

 these are new species or not. It is my impression, however, that 

 they are of a different type. 



During the study of the Formica of Massachusetts I have met 

 with and examined thousands of nests of Termes flavipes asso- 

 ciated and otherwise with ants. It is not an uncommon occur- 

 rence to find these Termites associated with a number of different 

 species of ants. The species that I have recorded thus far as 

 being so found are Lasms flavus Ltr. , L. claviger Rog., /.. 

 americanus Em., Formica fusca L., var. subscericea .Say, F. in- 

 tegra NyL, F. obscuripes For., Camponotus americanus Em . 



Tapinoma sissile Say, and Aphcenogastcr fulva Rog., and a num- 

 ber of others observed but the names not recorded. There is 



no doubt that the ants in many cases collect these Termites and 

 bring them home to their own nests, and in some cases it may be. 



