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habit, shape, and color. At first he tiiought them to be a species of 

 "Euterines," but was unable to find any nasuti. Colonies were 

 in and under dry cow chips in prairie land, and alwaj^s associated 

 with species of Amitermes; at Victoria, A. tuhiformans Buckley. 



In the vicinity of Brownsville, Texas, colonies were found from 

 April 23 to 25, usually with species of Amitermes under and in dry 

 cow chips, sometimes deep in the ground, in pasture land along the 

 Rio Grande, below Fort Brown. The ground was often very hard 

 and dry. Two other termites, A. tuMformans Buckley and wheeleri 

 Desneux, commonly occurred with this species. 



On May 24 the ^^^:■iter found a colony of Anojjlotermes fumosus 

 under a moist uprooted stump deeply sunken in the ground along the 

 wooded river bank (Rio Grande). A colony of Reticulitermes 

 daripennis Banks inhabited this log and had constructed earthen 

 galleries and chambers (of clay soil along the bottom of the log and 

 ground) . A. fumosus was found in these chambers ; workers, nymphs, 

 white and with short wing pads (probably young nymphs of the first 

 form), eggs, and young. 



The recently hatched young appeared to have a peculiar, faint, 

 light grey (almost violet) color. 



On April 27 similar colonies were found at San Antonio under 

 cow chips in pasture land: and on May 7 the writer found colonies 

 in pasture land, along the Leona River, near Uvalde, Texas. 



SWARMING. 



This species swarms in August. 



The egg is white, slightly reniform, and- approximately 0.56 to 

 0.65 mm. in length. 



References to biological or economic literature. 



1860. Hagek, H. a. Linnaea Entom., vol. 14 (A'aclitrag), pp. V2o-4,(Termesfiimosus). 

 1896. ScHWARZ, E.A. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol.4, Xo. 1, p. 41. {Term€s[Evtermes] 



fumosus Hagen.) 

 1919. Snyder, T. E. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. 21, Xo. 5, pp. 97-104, May. 

 1919. Thompson, C. B. Biol. Bull, vol. 36, No. 6, p. 379-398, June. 



Genus NASUTITERMES Banks. 



Mr. Banks has accepted Dudley's name, proposed in 1890 — 

 namely Nasutitermes — which Dudley used for a Eutermes with a 

 nasute head several months before he used the term "miiesnasuti- 

 termes." However, Dudley did not give any species to his name. 

 The head of the nasutus is not constricted, as in the species of Con- 

 strictotermes Holmgren. This form, the "nasutus," takes the place 

 of the mandibulate soldier. This caste will be discussed later under 

 the genus Constrictotermes. 



