INDEX. 



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A. Page. 



abdomen 3 



distention of, in queen 105, 156 



microtome section of 209,210 



proportion of in mature queen taken 



up by eggs 209,210 



abdomens of queens (second form) distorted, 



lumpy in outline 156 



Abies concoloT (fir) 124 



abnormalities 113, 154, 155 



abundance, termites relative in the states 7 



Acacia far nesiana 1S4 



acequia 128 



activity of Constrictotermes 192, 194 



Adam Key, Fla. (offshore reef) 130, 



134,141,142,145,209 

 adobe buildings damaged by termites... 138, 177,209 



"adobe houses" of white ants 90 



adults first form 105, 106, 125, 126, 155, 156 



not " irretrievably lost " at time of 



swarm 102 



second form 105, 



106, 107, 125, 127, 134, 155, 156, 166, 169, 171, 181 



third form 107, 



108, 109, 125, 127, 135, 148, 155, 158, 169, 170 



aerial roots of red mangrove burrowed 209 



Africa, South 202, 203 



Tropical 90,199 



West 197 



Agave, flower stalk (dead) infested . 183, 184, 185, 186 



(Lechuguilla) infested 92, 184, 185 



sp 92,177,181,183,184,185,186 



' ' airplane stage" — wings unexpanded 152 



Alder 129 



Altitude, highest limit of colonies in Colo 91 



Altitudes, great, attained by termites 6, 123, 161 



"amatory procedure" 101 



American fossils 6 



Termitoidea 10 



amifer Silvestri 80 



Amitermes Silvestri 7,54, 55, 80, 88, 89-97, 98, 



101,103,113,115,178,179, 

 184, 188, 189, 190, 201, 207 



amifer Silvestri 80 



arizonensin Banks. 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 

 63, 80, 85, 88, 89, 92, 179, 182-184, 208 



californicus Banks 8,55,59,61,62,81, 



85, 88, 92, 179, 183, 184, 185-186, 208 



(?) confusus Banks 55, 



65,66,81,85,88,179,187 



meridioTmlis Froggatt 178 



( ?) perplexus Banks 55, 63, 64, 65, 81, 



85, 88, 99, 179, 182, 186-187, 134, 207 



tubiformans Buckley 8, 55, 



56, 81, &5, 88, 89, 92, 99, 179-182, 

 181, 187, 189, 192, 201,207,211 



wTieeleri Desneux 8, 55, 



59, 60, 61, 62, 81, 85, 88, 92, 96, 

 179, 181, 184-185, 186, 189,207,208 



Fags. 



ammonia, effective against exposed termites. 204 



A mphotis ulkei Le Conte 119 



Andros Island, Bahamas 76, 194, 199 



angusUcollis Hagen. . 6, 11, 12, 13, 15, 77, 83, 87, 99, 103, 

 114, 117, 118, 121, 122-128, 129, 199, 201, 208, 211 



Anopjotermes Ft. Miiller 2,7, 



54, 66, 81, 88, 103, 110, 111, 181, 188, 190 



pacificus Fr. Miiller 81, 188 



schwarzi Banks (Cuba) 188 



( Vermes) fumosus Hagen 4, 



8, 66, 67,68,69,81,85,88, 89, 92, 



113, 179,181, 184, 188-189, 207, 211 



ant course, zinc, protection against termites. . 203 



"ant exterminator, universal" 202 



antliill, meridional 200 



antennae, discussion of 2, 137, 



139, 141, 146, 148, 156, 157, 159, 164, 170, 181, 192 



antennal fossa 2 



Antennomophorini 117 



anthropomorphism 112 



{anticus Walker) 78 



Antilleau Isoptera 205 



" antlike" form of termites 104 



ants .... 89-111, 112, lis, 119, 120, 168, 192, 198, 203, 205 



association of termites with 120, 



121,168,192,200,203 



Appalachian Mountain region 91 



appendices, abdominal, ana! or genita!=sty- 



lets 122,159 



genital, lost during final molt. . . 122 

 appl e trees, tim e of blooming of coincident with 

 swa,Tm.oiReticiblitermes hesperus Bks.inCal. 174 



approximatus Snyder 1, 17, 22, 77, 83 



apterous adults (see reproductive adult of 



tliird form) 107, 146, 147, 169 



argentine ant 121 



arid regions 99, 110 



Arizona cypress {Cupressus arizonensis) 136, 137 



Highlands 91, 136 



arizonensis Banks. . 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 80, 

 85, 88, 89, 92, 179, 182-184, 208 



army ants do not attack termites 121, 205 



worm, fall 180 



Arnold Arboretum 175 



(Arrhinotermes Wasmann) = ProrMnotermes 



Silvestri 39, 145 



simplex Hagen) = ProrMno- 

 termes simplex Hagen 79 



Arrowhead Springs, Cal 183, 186 



arsenic against termites 202, 204 



arsenical poison, powdered, use against ter- 

 mites 204 



Artemesia sp. infested 184 



tridentata 91 



artichoke, injury to by termites 173 



ash trees, 70 % with heartwood honey- 

 combed in Santa Catalina Mts., Ariz.. 136 

 wood attacked 136 



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