"860 CLAUDE FULLER. 



" The two halves of the branch were occasionally separated for the 

 purpose of inspecting the colony, and they were firmly glued together, 

 apparently by means of the fsecal pellets. The so-called workers were 

 by far the most numerous of the different castes. No eggs were seen at 

 any time. In 1913 emergences occurred on March 18th and 24th, April 

 3rd and 23rd, August 23rd, November 11th, 17th, and 21st (numerous), 

 December oth (numerous). In 1914. January oth (numerous), February 

 (several). In September, 1914, the colony was seen to consist of a few 

 .soldiers and of approximately 250 large nymphs with well- developed 

 wing-pads. There were no individuals in the working stage, and no 

 young of any kind. From these observations it would appear that the 

 small young seen when the trunk was collected in March, 1913, had 

 grown into nearly full-gi'own imagos by September, 1914. a period of 

 eighteen months. The piece of wood had been reduced to little more 

 than a shell, and the imagos which emerged amounted to about 300 in 

 number. Thus the number of individuals in the original piece of 

 wood, assuming that no reproductive female was present throughout 

 the time, was 550, which, together with, say, 50 soldiers, gives a total of 

 approximately 600. The piece of wood was subsequently sawn into 

 small pieces, but no trace of young could be seen, and, since no eggs 

 had been noticed at any time, it is doubtful if a reproductive female 

 was present when the piece of trunk was removed from the tree." 



Rhinotermes pntorius SJost. 



This species has only been observed in the Durban Botanic 

 Gardens where the Haviland material came from. 



No opportunity has yet pi-esented itself for studying its 

 nesting habits. On the assumption that its nest was in tlie 

 dead timber of the trees up the trunks of which its galleries 

 were noticed, the galleries were followed up to the topmost 

 branches, and here it was found that the creatures entered 

 and burrowed in the dead wood where Calotermes 

 durbanensis Hav. was established. The soil around the 

 base of the tree was examined by Mr. F. Thomsen, but he was, 

 for want of time most probably, unable to locate a nest. This 

 species builds long, narrow covered ways up the tree trunks. 

 The coverings of these are well cemented together and 

 obviously intended to be of a permanent nature. They differ 

 from covered ways of other species in being of a carton-like 



