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are often of large size, consisting of thousands of members. On 

 April 29 and 30, 1918, colonies were found in a mangrove swamp at 

 Miami Beach with reproductive individuals of the third form 

 present. The females, with distended abdomens, ranged from 6 

 to 7h mm. in length. 





Fig. 69.— 1. Prorhdjoteemes .simplex. Dorsal view of apterous queen of the third form. X IB- 

 2. Peculiar fused wing pads on nymph of second form. X 43. 



This termite appears to be well established in this swamp along 

 Biscayne Bay, colonies being fairly common. Reproductive indi- 

 viduals of both the first and third forms occur, being, of course, in 

 separate colonies. 



In pineland near Goodburn Hammock, 4 miles west of Homestead, 

 Florida, a few colonies of Prorliinotermes simplex were found by the 

 writer on April 22, 1918, in decaying logs of Cuban pine. This is the 

 first record of this termite occurring on the mainland of southern 



