INDEX 



Aardvark, mammal predator, 89 



Abchasia (Abkhasia) in the Caucasus, 20, 58, 147 



Abdomen, 27, 37, 107 



Abdominal segments, chitinous structures in pos- 

 terior, 75 



Abdominal structures, terminal, 59, 75, 77, 85, 

 86; Mastotermes compared with roach Peri- 

 planeta, 59, 86; Mastotermes darwiniensis, 75, 

 85; Orthoptera, phylogeny in relation to ter- 

 mites, 86 



Absorption, wood preservatives, 134, 135 



Acanthocerinae, Scarabiidae, Costa Rica, termito- 

 phiic, 119 



Acanthotermes, 7 



militaris, 48, 106 



Accessory chromosomes, 115 



Accessory genital glands, 69-70, 75; homologous 

 to Blattidae, Mantidae, 75 



Acetic acid in gut, 91 



Aceticolina (bile ?), presence of, 60, 106 



Acetylated birch, laminated veneer, 131 



Acorhinotermes, 116 



Acotyledon jeytatidi, parasitic ? mite, 19, 85 



Adaptations, 5, 18 



Adipose dssue, 75, 76; royal, origin, 75; soldier, 

 76; larvae, 76; Terviopsis angusticallis, 76 



Adoption, 20 



Adulthood, delayed, premature, 16 



Africa, 3, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 31, 34, 

 38-41, 43-45, 47, 50-58, 60, 62-68, 70-73, 

 75-81, 83, 85, 86, 88-91, 93, 99-103, 108-112, 

 115-129, 132-134, 138-140, 145-147; Abyssinia, 

 51, 138, 139; Algiers, Algeria, 30, 45, 48, 94, 

 146; Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 78, 118, 126, 128, 

 139; arid forests, 70; Belgian Congo, 6, 7, 8, 

 46, 51-52, 63-64, 67, 71-72, 78, 80, 117, 119, 

 122, 123, 127, 138, 139; Cairo, 40; Cameroon, 

 18, 52, 56, 68, 78, 126, 138; Central Africa, 

 80, 123, 127; Congo, 80, 89, 91, 140; East 

 Africa, 11, 15, 17, 20, 25, 31, 37-41, 47, 49, 

 53-55) 62-63, 65-66, 71, 78, 80, 81, 90, 102, 

 103, 106, 115, 117, 122, 128, 133, 138-140; 

 Egypt, 17, 58, 122, 145-147; Equatorial Africa, 

 7) 34> 79) 9O) 122, 139; Eritrea, 139; Erythraea, 

 9, 52, 121, 138; Ethiopia, 58, 79, 139; Fernando 

 Po, 78; French Sudan, 17, 33, 47; Gold Coast, 

 16, 34, 41, 55, 109, 120, 139; Guinea, 12, 15, 

 63, 67, 72, 88, 89, 139; Ivory Coast, 10, 67, 

 79) §5) 94» 120, 123, 139; Kenya, 32, 40, 58, 

 65, 117, 140; Kilimandjaro-Meru, 125; Liberia, 

 6, 51, 138, 139; Libia, 51, 58, 146, 147; 

 Matabele Land, 16; Morocco, 47, 51, 146; 

 Mossambique, 139; Niger-Chad boundary, 128; 

 Nigeria, 27, 29, 72, loi, 108, 132; Nile, 7, 

 122; North Africa, 14, 94, loi, 122, 126; 

 Nordi East Africa, 6, 95; Nyasaland, 48, 121- 

 124; Orange Free State, 119; Rhodesia, 5, 7, 



40, 46, 47, 48, 51, 54, 81, 100-102, 108, 112, 



120, 128, 138, 139 North 100, (copper belt), 

 101, 128, 132; Rift Valley, 58, 140; Sahara, 6, 

 7) 13) 51. 54) 56, 146; St. Helena, 15, 28, 29, 

 31, 39) 40, 5O) 53-55) 72, 73) 109-111, 138, 

 139; S. Thome, Tome, 43, 46, 48, 138, 139; 

 sea islands, 17; Senegal, 8, 17, 40, 43, 47, 55, 

 ^3) 139; Sierra Leone, 15, 72, 106; Somaliland, 



16, 55, 121, 139; South Africa, 4, 6-10, 14, 

 15, 19, 20-22, 26-30, 33, 34, 38-40, 44-48, 

 50-58, 62,-67, 70, 72, 73, 76, 78-81, 83-85, 

 87-89, 99-101, 107, 110-113, 116, 118-120, 



123, 126, 127, 129, 132-134, 138-140; Southern 

 Africa, 7; South West Africa, 80; Sudan, 7, 8, 

 15. 36, 37) 44) 46, 57, 63, 68, 103, 127, 134, 

 139; Tanganyika, 4, 11, 13, 37, 54, 90, 117, 



124, 127, 139, 140; Tripoli, 51, 55, 145, 146; 

 Tropical Africa, 8, 27, 63, 67, 68, 70, 71, 78, 

 116, 122, 139; Tsad-See 139; Tunis, 146; 

 Uganda, 26, 53, 64, 71, 79, 139; West Africa, 



17, 19) 36, 39) 43) 48, 50, 53) 56-58, 64, 67, 

 80, 90, 119, 120, 121, 123, 125-127, 138, 139; 

 Victoria Falls, 16; West Coast, 8, 122; Zanzibar, 

 15) 43) 55) 73) I39; Zululand, 10, 33, 53,*ii6, 

 123, 138, 139 



Afroharolditis ennearthrus, Co!., Scarab., Belg. 



Congo, termitophile, 122 

 Agar, 4. 



Agarics, fungi, termitophile, 67-68 

 Agaricus rajap, fungus, 67 

 Age, see Length of life 

 Agriculture, U. S. Department of, 21, 27, 28, 31, 



35, 108-110, 129, 131 

 Ahamitermes inclnstis, 116 

 Air-conditioning nests, 69 

 Aircraft, damage to, 27, 38, 40 

 Airfields, 36 



Airhammer, Schramm, 28 

 Alabama, 27, 29, 128 

 Alate, winged, 14, 15, 16, 20, 23, 24, 25, 59, 75, 



76, 85, 86, 88-90, 106, 117 

 Alates, two sizes, 25, 62, 117 

 Alcedo, bird, termitophile, 62, 122 

 Aldabra, 142 

 Aldrin, Octalene, Aldrex, soil poisons, 43, 46, 11 1, 



112 

 Alien termites, hostility to, 6, 60, 61, 107 

 Alimentary canal, tract, 77, 82 

 Alimentation from fungi, 22, 81-83; from wood, 



81-83 

 Allecida larvae, Col., termitophile, 122 

 Alternation generations, 12 

 Altitude, elevation, 57, 62, 106 

 Amatory procedure, 4, 5, 37, 108 

 .'\mazon, 6, 13, 31, 43, 64, 79, 88, 90, 100, no, 



121, 127, 130, 144 

 Amazon Basin, 145 

 Amboina, 13, 20, 58, 147 



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