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keys and on the mainland, especially near the sea coast. In the 

 dense jungle of the wooded "hammocks" where there is a deep, 

 damp, rich humus, species of Reticulitermes are present, with the 

 Ealotermes. 



These "hammocks," or islands, covered with jungles of deciduous 

 or broad-leaved trees, in the Lower Everglades, have been described 

 by Small (1916), Simpson (1916), Jennings (1916), and Safford (1919). 

 They are located on the map of the southern extremity of Florida 

 (pi. 18), loaned by Dr. W. E. Safford, of the Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Some of the Upper Keys or offshore coral reefs or islands in 

 Dade County were also explored for termites, especially Adam Key, 

 about 27 miles south of Miami. 



There is no true worker caste, nor even worker-like reproductive 

 nymphs, as in TermojJsis. 



In species of Kalotermes, as in case of Reticulitermes, there are 

 three types of reproductive forms — ^namely, the normal, developed 

 from winged adults, first form; the second form with wmg pads; and 

 the wingless, nymph-like or apterous type, the third form. Queens 

 of the first, second, and third forms have been found in the United 

 States. 



The species of Kalotermes are of southern occurrence and are not 

 found farther north than Savannah, Georgia, in the eastern United 

 States, or the vicinity of San Francisco, California, on the Pacific 

 coast. 



The species of Kalotermes are especially destructive to the mterior 

 woodwork and furniture of buildings. The wood of both coniferous 

 and deciduous trees is attacked. In the Gulf States and in California 

 the species of this genus are destructive to the wood of telephone and 

 telegraph poles. They not only damage the wood near the base of the 

 pole but attack the dry wood high up in the pole, even in southern 

 California, infesting the crossarms and insulator pegs. Such damage 

 is common in the vicinity of San Diego. 



The presence of the species of Kalotermes in wood is not easily 

 detected. There are no galleries opening to the exterior, since these 

 termites do not live in the ground. Their presence in wood may 

 sometimes be detected by the impressed pellets of excreted, partially 

 digested wood expelled from their galleries. 



KALOTERMES OCCiIDENTIS Walker. 



For taxonomy see pp. 18-20. 



This interesting termite was described from the soldier caste alone, 

 Hagen (1858) having considered it as belonging to the genus Ter- 

 mo'psis? It is the largest of our native species of Kalotermes, and all 

 the soldiers the writer has seen have vestigial wing pads. These wing 

 pads occur in other species of Kalotermes, but, on account of the large 



