596 CAROLINE B. THOMPSON AND THOMAS E. SNYDER 
Fig. 1 Reticulitermes flavipes. Nymph of the first form, female, nearly 
mature, drawn from a whole mount. 
Fig. 2 Reticulitermes flavipes. Nymph of the second form, female, nearly 
mature, drawn from a whole mount. The ovaries, ov, which in their adult devel- 
opment are smaller than those of the first-form female, are here larger, owing 
to the earlier maturity of the ova of thisnymph. br, brain; c.e, compound eyes; 
c.gl, colleterial gland; f.gl, frontal gland; l.w.p, long wing pad; s.w.p, short wing 
pad; s.r, seminal receptacle; ov, ovary. Spencer oc. 6, obj. 32 mm., stage level. 
Reduced one-third. 
