OBSERVATIONS ON SOME SOUTH AFRICAN TERMITES. 329 



Observations on some South African Termites. 



By 



Ciaiido Fuller, 



Division of Entomology, Department of Agriculture, Pretoria. 



With Plates XXV— XXXV and 16 Text-fiffures. 



Contents. 



I. Introduction 



II. The Abundance of Termites 

 III. The Behaviour of Winged Termites 

 Hodotermes transvaalensis s|). n. 

 Termes natalensis Havlland 

 Termes latericius Haviland 

 Termes vulgaris Haviland 

 Termes incertus Hagen . 

 Eutermes bilobatus (Haviland) and 



IV. Observations on the Nesting Habits 

 Economy of Certain Species . 

 Hodotermes transvaalensis sp. n. 

 Hodotermes viator (LatreiUe) 

 Calotermes durbanensis Haviland 

 Rhinotermes putorius Sjostedt . 

 Termes waterbergi sp. n. 

 Termes natalensis Haviland 

 Termes badius Haviland 

 Termes latericius Haviland 

 Termes vulgaris Haviland 

 Termes incertus Hagen . 

 Eutermes parvus {Haviland) 

 Eutermes bilobatus {Haviland) . 

 Eutermes trinervius (Bambur) 



Eutermes sp 

 and General 



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