INDEX. 



227 



tubijormans Buckley 8,55, 



56, 81, 85, 88, 89, 92, 99, 179-182, 

 184, 187, 189, 192, 200, 201, 207, 211 



tumiceps Banks 43, 52, 53, SO, 85, SS, 178 



tunnels, broad, shallow 185 



earthen , granular structure of 210 



subterranean 106,109,191 



tentacle-like 210 



types, different types reproductive forms 



(see reproductive forms) 

 (see soldiers) 

 (see workers) 



table of, location of 83-85 



Tyroglyphid 117,118 



U. 



Umhellularia californica (California laurel) 136 



undifferentiated 205 



United States 4, 6, 7, 8 



" Universal ant exterminator" 202 



V. 



Valgus calif ornicus Horn 118 



canaliculatus Fabricius 119 



Van Zwaluwenburg, R. H 204 



variations, fiuctuatmg 154 



varieties, termite, Ao/en' Banks 43,53,80,84,178 



nevadcmis Hagen 77 



vegetables, injury to ISO 



vegetation covered with earthlike mortar 



tubes in Southwestern U. S 179, 



180,181,182,183 



injury to 89-94, ISO, 193 



(see floral regions and foothill 

 vegetation) . 



veins 3 



venation 3, 146, 207 



Venezuela 140 



ventral plate 3 



Vera Cruz (Mexico) 134,188,194 



Vero, Fla 140 . 



vestigial wings (see wings) 154 



Vienna, Austria 150 



rirginicus Banks 4, 43, 



46, 80, 84, 88, 100, 107, 108, 110, 118, 161-164, 201 

 von SchrenkjH 156 



W. 



"Wagwater Eiver, Jamaica 140 



Walker, F 4,179,198 



wall board 95 



walls, adobe, tunnels over 177 



walnut 136 



warehouse infested 163 



Warner, L. R 140,144 



Washington, D. C 7 



Wasmann, E 5, 8, 200, 201 



wasps Ill, 112, 205 



water, use of, to eradicate termites 169 



Webster, F. M 93,192 



weeds, covered by earthlike tubes 211 



West Indies 8,69,144,145,190 



British 145 



West Lake (Lower Everglades), Fla 141 



Westwood, J. O 197 



Page. 



whederi Desneux 5, 55, 59, 00, 61, 62, 81, 



85, 88, 92, 96, 179, 181, 184-185, 186, 189, 207, 208 



Wheeler, W. M 112, 



118, 156, 176, 177, 178, 184, 187, 190, 191, 203, 205 



white-ant-proof buildings 95 



"white ants" (see termites) 2 



" wild " 155 



willow 128 



Wilson, G. W 91 



Wilson, T. S 185 



windmill towers damaged 96, 184 



windows and doors, should be screened at 



time of swarm (see screen) 98 



wing buds 146, 154 



fused 146,147 



"winged ants " 149 



wing, fore 207 



hind 207 



pads mutilated 112,131 



opaque 151, 162 



rangein length of 154 



soldiers with 113, 130 



scales 3,101 



stubs 101 



venation 3, 146, 205, 207 



wings, "club" 155 



"crumpled" 154 



distorted (poorly developed) 154 



loss of 101,102,125,138 



(shed) covering ground 182 



shed in aid 101,182 



"stumpy " 155 



"vestigial" 155 



violently agitating to attract mate 203 



wood borers, termites that are not (see Ano- 

 plotermes). 



covered with earth-like tubes 183, 185 



decaying or sound, removal of, to pre- 

 vent attack 98, 200, 204 



dry, attacked by termites 136 



hardness of, not a factor in preventing 



attack by termites 146, 176 



infested directly by Prorhinotermes sim- 

 plex and the other nonsubterranean 

 termites (Family Kalotermitidae) . . . 149 



wood-inhabiting 88-94, 184 



"wood lice" 199 



preservatives, chemical 98 



pulp 95 



softer, large celled layers eaten 209 



solid, hard infested 210 



surface eaten off 183, 185 



Woodfred Inn, Pinares-Oriente (Cuba) 134 



woodpecker's hole, inhabited by KalotcTmes. 137 



Woodwork of buildings, damage to . . 94, 95, 96, 130, 



131, 149, 166, 173, 194, 198, 199, 204, 209 



work, at night ( Comtrictotermes) 193 



rapidity of, by termites 199 



worker 3,93,110,111 



caste 93,105,110 



lacking in Kalotermitidae 110, 



130,181,188 

 classification by 92,207,208 



