DESCRIPTION OF PLATES 
ABBREVIATIONS 
br, brain m, jaw muscles 
c, cuticle ac, ocellus 
e.g, colleterial gland ov, ovary 
f, fat masses p, penis 
f.c.g, fundament and vestiges of colle- s.r, seminal receptacle 
terial gland s.v, seminal vesicle 
f.s.r, fundament and vestige of seminal  #, testis 
receptacle 
PLATE 1 
EXPLANATION OF FIGURES 
All figures are drawn from semitransparent whole mounts of Reticulitermes 
flavipes. Leitz oc. 1, obj. 3, stage level. 
21 Female reproductive organs of a nearly mature nymph of the first form. 
Only the proximal parts of the ovaries are shown. 
22 Female reproductive organs of a nearly mature nypmh of the second 
form. Only the proximal parts of the ovaries are shown. 
23 Female reproductive organs of a nearly mature nymph of the third form. 
24 Male reproductive organs of a nearly mature nymph of the first form. 
25 Male reproductive organs of-a mature nymph of the second form. 
26 Male reproductive organs of a nearly mature nymph of the third form, 
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