INDEX. 



223 



144 

 118 



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plowing, fall, to control termites 1^0 



poison gases, against termites 202 



Polish -warrior, ICbarlamp 190 



polygamy 



Polyporus (fimgus) 136, 194 



Popenoe, C. H ^^ 



Populus fremontii (Cottonwood trees) 128 



Port aux Princes (St. Domingo) HO, 194 



Port Darwin ^"^ 



Porter,J.F 11*^.200 



Port of Ferrol "^^^ 



Porto Eico 35,140,190,204 



post adult growth 1°^ 



post oak leaves, dry segments 



harvested by Constrictotermes (Buckley) 192 



potatoes, injury to Irish Cobbler 211 



sweet, injury to, Fla 205 



prairie land, termites of 91, 99, 180, 181, 189 



pastures '^ 



Prairie Plains _ 



prairie regions 110, 1 /9, 211 



Pratt, F. C 



predators 



predetermination of castes at time of hatching 205 



preventives against termite attack 96, 97, 98 



prickly pear cactus {Opuntia} Tex 181 



primitive genera 



progeny, type of, of reproductive adults of^ 



second form 171, 172 



voung dealated adults 164 



■J 



pronotum 



proportion, relative, of sexes ^ H^^ 



ProrhinoUrmes Silvestri 7, 39, 79, 88, 



103,109,115,129,145,207 



iTMpinatus Silvestri 79 



(AnMnoterme^) s^impZeiHagen 4,39, 

 40, 41, 42, 79, 85, 88, 93, 94, 107, 110, 

 115, 117 ,119, 120, 145-148, 185, 207, 

 209,211. 



Protermitidae Holmgren 9 



prothorax 



protozoan parasites 116, 199 



proventricvilus, destitute of triturating ridges 

 in Anovlntermes padftcus Fritz Miiller.... 188 



97 

 priinmes, burn 



Pselaphidae ^^' 



Pselaphid inquiline H^ 



"psocids, wingless" H^, 1^'* 



(Pterottrmes Holmgren) = A'a?o<erm(:S Hagen. IS, 



77, 131 



{PtcTOtermes occidentis Wa.\k(iT)= Kalotermcs 



occidcntis Walker. . . ^ "''J^ 



pubescence (see pilosity) 4, 101, 170 



pump, method of forcing poison fumes into 



nests in earth 



• Q. 



Quatrefages, A. de l^^'l^^ 



queen first true, finding of, in U. S 176,200 



mother not sole source of colony life. . . lOo 



queens, discussion of 1^-^' 



107, 109, 125, 126, 127, 1.56, 159 



(large) for food 10^ 



location in colony of Nearctic. . . 105,106, 109 

 notes on the finding of, and conditions 

 where found (Retkulitrrmcs flavi- 

 pcs) 156-159 



202 



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queens, size of Nearctic 156, 159 



"true" (see reproductive adult, first 



form) 105,192,201,203,209 



Queensland, North 1^* 



Qucrcus agrifoUa (CaUfornia live oak) 122 



quiescent stages 1"^' 



151,152,155,160,162,202 



changes during 104, 203 



R. 



rabbit, castration of young by old male 202 



radial sector 



radius ^ 



ratter of adobe house honey-combed 138, -09 



railroad ties, injury to 96, lol 



railway car, damage to 209 



rain, swarm during ISl, 182, 191, 194 



rainfall influence on swarming 89, 



181-182,187,191,193 



Rambur, J. P ^^J 



rapidity of work of termites 199 



rate of egg laying (under abnormal conditions) 160 



rearing cages - - 



red mangrove {Rhizophora mangle) wood 



attacked 133,142,145,209 



redwood, resistant to termites 201 



relative abundance of termites in the states ... 7 



remedies, against termite attack 96, 97, 98 



reproductive adults, early occurrence above 



ground in Spring 1^^ 



reproductive forms, different types 105, 



106,107,108,109,110,125, 

 126, 127, 130, 143, 146, 163 

 different types in same 



colony 1.55,136 



disappearance of young 



after swarm. 



distribution of second 

 form in colony... 106,109,158 



"intermediate" 154 



location of, varies with 

 temperature and mois- 

 ture conditions 110,156 



nomenclature of 205 



rarity of the various 



types. ..105, 108, 107, 146, 



147, 155, 159, 163 



reproductive tvpe "erratoid" (third form). 107, 108, 



" 109, 125, 127 



normal (first form) . .105, 106, 125, 



126,155,156,192,209,210 



(second form) . . .105, 106, 107, 125, 



127,134,15.5,166,169,171, 



181,195,209,210 



(third form) 107,108,109, 



125,127,135,148,155, 



■ 1.58, 169, 170, 209, 210 



Reticimtermcs Holmgren . .4, 7, 39, 42,79, 88, 89, 90, 91, 



94, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 



104, 105, 107, 109, 110, 113, 115, 



116, 119,120,121,122, 125, 129, 130, 



139^ 145, 148-159, 154, 156, 157, 



ISs! 163, 165, 166, 168, 173, 178, 



185, 188, 203, 207, 208, 209, 211 



claripennis Banks .43, 47,79, 81, 88. 90, 



100, 165-167, 175, 189 



