676 TERMITES OR WHITE ANTS. 



moisten the pellets of clay which they bring with Huid from their 

 mouths. In species of Copfoteruw^ and Rhln(>tenii.e)<, and in Tei'mes 

 teiiutor, I did not see what manner of cement was used. T. planus 

 lived in shallow chambers eaten in the wood, much after the manner 

 of Caloterinex^ and had no buildings. 



Observers in America and Europe have concluded that the same 

 colony often possess several nests, only one of which is inhabited by 

 fertile individuals, whose eggs and young are carried to the other 

 nests. I do not doubt that this is so with a few species; I believe it 

 to be so with T. (jestroi; nevertheless it is not so with the great 

 majority of species which I have collected. Further, the evidence for 

 such conclusion is, for the most part, negative, and therefore to be 

 treated with great caution. As the search for king and queen goes 

 on hour after hour without success, exhausted patience induces strong 

 wish for a conclusion; and it is then that the difficulty arises of keep- 

 ing the iiiHuence of wish from upsetting the even Imlance of judgment. 



KXP[.ANATU)X OF THE J'LATES. • 

 I'l.ATE I. 



Nest <)f Bonican wliite ant. 



I'LATIC II. 



Fi.y. I. Ilodolrniii's J/(iril(iv(li. Soldier. X •^. 



2. Under side of soldier's head. X 3. 



o. Calolcniifx <l(»ii('.sllr>ts. Soldier (side view) . X 6. 



4. Under side of soldier's head. < S. 



5. Imago. X 6. 

 (). Wing. X (5. 

 7. Tcniu'x iKihi/i'iisis. Soldier. X -J-. 



S. Under side of soldier's head. X ^■ 



9. Imago. X 4. 



10. Wing. X 2. 



11. IVrmi's ni/ijniix. Soldier. X 8. 



12. Under side of soldier's head. X S. 

 h). Imago. X 3. 



14. Wing. X 1|. 



15. Tcriiicx iiiccrliis. Soldier. X 8. 



10. Under side of soldier's head. X 8. 



17. Imago. X 4. 



IS. Wing. X 2. 



11). 'J'crjiK.s Iniriiin.s. Soldier. X 10. 



20. Under side of soldier's head. X 12. 



21. Imago. X 6. 



22. Wing. X 3. 



23. Ti'iiiicx IninslKceiis. Soldier. X 4. 



24. Under side of soldier's head. X 6. 



25. Imago. X 4. 



26. Wing. X 3. 



