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INDEX. 



Page. 



leaves, food of termites 192 



lower rosettes of Agave infested 92, 



1^, 185, 186 



Lechuguilla (Agave sp.) 92 



Lee, W. T. (and others) 203 



legs of termites 3, 93, 193 



classification by 92 



sense organs on 199 



subfossorial (tibiae) 92, 93 



Leidy, J 116, 199 



Leona River, Texas 169,181,189 



LeSoeuf , D 178, 199 



Lespes, C 116, 151, 155, 175, 198 



Leucotermes Silvestri 9, 54, 



75,76,81,201,203,204,207 

 {Leucotermes flavipes Ko\\a,T)=Reticulitermes 



flavipes Kollar '. 79,204,205 



(Leucotermes lucifugus B.ossi)= ReticuUterm es 



lucifugus Rossi 80 



Leucotermes tenuis Hagen 75, 76, 81, 85, 194-195 



(Leucotermes virginicus Ba,nks)=Reticuli- 



termes virginicus Banks 165 



licking 112 



life cycle 162 



zones 173, 186, 200, 203 



light avoided by Constrictotermes 191,192 



lights, put out during the swarm 98, 144 



termites attracted to 98, 99, 178, 186 



lignin-cellulose 94 



fimestone 149 



Linnaeus, C 8, 197 



linoleum damaged 149 



lip 2 



liquid, exudation of, from beak as a means 



of defense Ill, 190 



literature cited 197-206 



location of reproductive forms in the colony 



dependent upon warmth and moisture — 109 

 locomotion, no loss of power of, in case of 



N earctic queens 103, 109, 156 



London purple, use against termites 204 



longevity of castes of ( Termopsis angusti- 



collis) 201 



Long Key (Lower Everglades, Fla.) 143, 156 



Los Banos 205 



loss, irretrievable, of adults at time of swarm 



disproven 102,155 



of antennal segments or legs 112 



Lower California.. 8,18,29,35,51,62, 131, 137, 172, 186 



(lucifugum ha.tTeule)=lucifugus Rossi 80 



(lucifugus Blanchard)=Z«c(/a<7tM Rossi 80 



(lucifugus Bobe M.oTea.u)=RciicuUtermes luci- 

 fugus Rossi 80 



(lucifugus Gu4rin)= lucifugus Rossi 80 



(lucifugus J oly)= Ret iculitermes lucifugus 



Rossi 80 



(lucifugus 'LesTpes)=Reticulitermes lucifugus 



Rossi 80 



(lucifugus Ra,mbuT)= ReticuUtermes lucifugus 



Rossi 80 



lucifugus Rossi 43, 53, 



54, 80, 84, 88, 116, 155, 165, 167, 174-176, 201, 205 

 lumber (boards) piled on ground damaged by 



termites 145, 185 



luminous termite hills 202 



Lutz and Rehn 129,131,187,204 



Lutz, F. E 204 



M. Page. 



magnetic nests 178, 179 



mainland, Florida, Prorhinotermes simplex 



present on 147 



Malaya, method of eradicating termites 204 



Ma'ay States, Federated 204 



male, description of 109, 110, 115, 166 



attending female 110 



attracted by female.. 101, 102, 144, 158, 159, 174 

 desertion of female at time of danger. . . 110 



discussion of, and habits 106,109,110 



Mammoth Cave, Ky 153 



mandible (see jaw) Ill, 191 



mandibles, sickle-shaped 184 



mandibulate soldiers replaced by nasuti. . . HI, 190 

 mangrove, (red) (see Rhizophora mangle and 

 red mangrove), 

 swamp. ... 119, 120, 133, 142, 145, 146, 147 



Mann, W. M 134 



man-of-war, Spanish, destroyed by Termes 



dives in Port of Ferrol 200 



Mantispa 120 



"manufacture" of reproductive forms 112 



manure, animal, use of favorable to termites. 97,180 

 carried into nests below ground 



(Tex.) 181 



covered by termites in Southwest- 

 ern U. S 211 



horse, covered with earth-like tubes. 211 



termites under 92,167 



map, southern extremity of Fla 130 



marching habits of Constrictotermes (Buck- 

 ley) 191, 193 



(marginiptnne Latreille) = marginipennis La- 



treille 4, 77 



marginipennis Latreille 17, 20, 21, 22, 25, 77, 83, 



131-132, 133, 140, 199, 200, 207 



Marlatt, C. L 200 



Marlatt, F. A 169 



Mason Pixon line 7 



Mastotcrmes Froggatt 5,205 



Mastotermitae Silvestri 9, 10 



Mastotermitinae Desneux 9 



Matamoras, Me.x 150, 188 



mating habits, peculiar 101, 102, 203 



maxillae 2, 207 



Maynard, C. J 199 



measurements of queens preserved in alcohol 



only appro.ximately accurate % 170 



median ocellus, ancestral, now lacking 204 



suture 3 



vein 3 



medicines, insects used as 201 



Mediterranean, shores of 174 



Melliss, J. C 198 



Meridian white ants 178, 179 



meridional nests, description of 178, 179, 200 



miridionalis Froggatt 178 



Merriam,C. H 200 



Merrill and Ford 116 



Merrill, J. H 204 



mesa land 168 



mescal 177 



Mesotermitidae Holmgren 5 



raesquite attacked 132, 207 



metamorphosis 103 



Metatermitidae Holmgren 5, 9 



Mexican border 73, 136, 176, 187, 188, 192 



(mexicanus Walker) = Kalotermes margiji^ 

 ipcnnisil. atreiWe 77 



