Vol. IV, part 2, issued November 6th, 1920. 



DEVELOPMENT OP THE ANTENN.E OF TERMITES. 235 



Studies on the Post-embryonic Development of 

 the Antennae of Termites. 



By 



Claude Fiillei-, 



Division of Entomology, Pretoria. 



(Being an amplification of a paper read before the South African 

 Biological Society, April 18th, 1918.) 



With Plate XV, and 14 Text-figures. 



Contents. 



PAGE 



Synopsis . . . . . .236 



Part I: General Review .... 238 



1. Introduction .... 238 



2. The Life-History of a Termite . . 244 



3. The Termite Antenna . . . 249 



(1) Composition .... 249 



(2) Notation of Joints . . .250 



(3) Process of Joint-Multiplication . . 2.51 



(4) Joint III and its Subdivisions . . 252 



(5) Embryonic Development . . . 256 



(6) Joint Modification . . .257 



(7) Asymmetrical Antennae . . . 258 



(8) Polymorphism .... 258 

 Part II : Systematic Review .... 261 



1. Introduction .... 261 



2. Studies of Species .... 263 



(1) Hodotermes viator (Latr.) . . 263 



(2) Termes waterbergi _FH7Zer . . 266 



(3) Termes bellicosus Smeathman . . 271 



(4) Termes natalensis Havilancl . . 273 



(5) Odontotermes latericiua {Hav.) . 275 



(6) Eutermes (Trinervitermes) trinervi- 



f or mis Holing. . . . 278 

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