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INDEX. 



Page. 



ConstrictoterniestenuirostTis Desneux 8,63,71, 



72, 73, 74,75,82,85,88, 

 93,115,190-191,207,208 



contrast of tibiae 92 



convulsive jerky body movements 112 



copal, gum 8 



Coptotermes Wasmann 39, 203, 207 



(?) lacteus Froggatt 140 



copulation 98, 102, 105 



coral reefs 130, 149 



white, formation, Florida 142 



corn plants, injury to (Tex.) 180, 185 



Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) 100, 154 



nuttalUi (western dogwood) 100, 174 



costal vein 3 



costaricensis Holmgren 69, 70, 71, 82, So 



Cottonwood attacked 94, 138, 208, 209 



Cotulla, Tex 184, 185 



couples, numiug about in pairs 101, 102 



eoiu-tship 101, 102 



covered passagewaj's 177 



Covillea glutinosa (creosote bush) 181, 185 



cow chips, colonies imder, and infested by 



termites 108, 173, 179, 180, 181, 



182, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 190, 192 

 moist, afford favorable habitat in 



S. W. United States 185, 192 



termites feed on 92, 179, 184, 192 



cow dung 92, 174, 179, 192, 193, 194 



Coxipo, Cuyab^, Brazil 194 



Craighead, F. C 137, 163 



Crampton, G.C 206 



crawling in single file, habit of 110, 188 



Cremastogaster 120 



creosote bush ( Covillea glutinosa) 181, 185 



crevices, termites in 129, 146, 198 



crops, field, damage to 96,97,180 



crossarms, damage to, by Kalotermes 130 



Cryptotermes Banks 7, IC, 35, 78, 87, 88, 



93, 95,98, 103, 109, 110, 129, 141, 144 



brevis Walker 36, 78, 87. 142, 144 



cavifrons Banks 35,36,37,38,78, 



84,87,114,133,142-144, 

 201, 207, 208, 209, 211 



infumatus Banks 35, 



38, 39, 78, 83, 87, 142, 144, 207 



Cuba 25, 42, 76, 



133, 134, 140, 141, 142, 144, 145, 188, 190, 194 



cubitus 3 



cultivation of fungi by termites 204 



Cupressus arizonicus (Arizona cypress) 137 



Cushman, R. A 192 



Cuyabk. 194 



cycle, life 162 



cyphergaster Silvestri 82 



Cypress Point (California) 136, 137 



cypress stake 134 



telephone pole, damage to by Kalo- 

 termes 132 



D. 



damage by termites in the U.S... 94, 95, 96, 149, 150 



hidden 139, 149 



dampness, favorable condition for termites. . 95 

 danger signal, the swarm in infested building. 150 



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darkness, favorable condition for termites... 95 



Darwin, C 90 



dealated adults 101, 103 



debilis Heer 8, 54 



Dendroctonus monticolae Hopkins 124 



desert regions 177, 183 



slopes, Ariz., description of 177,204 



willow [Chilopsis linearis) 177 



Desneux, J 4, 145, 179, 



184,190,191,194,201 

 development, abnormal (see abnormalities) . . 113, 



154, 155 



of castes (see castes) 206 



developmental stage 113, 154, 155 



Devils River, Texas 192 



Diguet, L 190 



Diller, J. S 203 



dimorphism 4 



2) iplogaster aerivora Cobb 117 



attcnuatus n. sp 117 



disappearance of dealated young parent 



adults after the swarm 155 



disease, fungus disease of termites 116,158,208 



disking stubble, poor plan 180 



Dismal Swamp 44, 99, 165 



distribution, geographical, of termites in U.S. 148 



of termites 6 



in Europe 201 



Dobson, R. J 151,175,205 



documents, damage to 95 



dogwood, correlation of blossoming and 

 swarm of species of Reticulilermcs. 152, 153, 154, 174 



door posts (white ash), damage to 132 



dormant, termites, during the Winter 150 



Douglas fir (Ariz.) 177 



(timbers of bandstand damaged) 



(see Coptotermes) 203 



driftwood logs 132, 145, 149, 161 



Drosophila melanogaster (ampelophila) 155 



drought, influence on tube-forming habit 181 



relation to termites 180 



termites deep luider ground during, 



inS. W. United States 91,97,171 



Drummond, H 90, 199 



dryness, unfavorable condition for termites. . 97 



Dudley and Beaumont 209 



Dudley, P. n 9,69,132,189,199 



E. 



earth, colonies in (see subterranean or earth- 

 inhabiting) 



earth-inhabiting, (see subterranean or earth- 



inliabiting) 89-93, 98, 146, 188^ 189 



earth-like mortar covering over grass and 



other vegetation (Tex.) 179,180 



tubes 177, ISO, 182, 183, 189, 210 



method of repairing 89 



earth, termites introduced to the U. S., in. . . 192 

 earthworm, termites the tropical-analogue of 



the 90, 199 



Edmonston, W. D 100,167,168 



egg laying in infested building continued 



during entire year 103, 160, 172 



rate of slow 103, 160, 164, 171 



egg production period of maximum 103, 160 



