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presidential address^ — section d. 

 Distribution of Termitophiles. 



Reference to the table at once shows that the Coleoptera 

 inckide by far the greatest number of termitophiles. Out of 

 a total of 496 species no less than 348, or 70 per cent., are 

 beetles. 



In South America, out of 119 species of termitophiles, there 

 are 80 beetles, in the Ethiopian region (including Madagascar) 

 out of 213 species there are 146 beetles, and in India and Ceylon, 

 out of ,112 species, yy beetles. The percentage number of beetles 

 relative to the total number of termitophiles in the three regions 



