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with the long wing pads. She laid eggs, and I repeatedly induced her to do so by 
the same means by which I first caused ant workers to lay eggs (1885). 
If they seem numb with cold, I place my hand on the glass plate and this induces 
the activity. 
This queen was quite different in shape and color from those I will mention below, 
being larger and ofa lighter color. She was slow in her movements and did not change 
her location very often. She was tended by the workers, which could hardly be said 
of the others, since they were too restless. 
The others, reproductive individuals, were nymphs of different kinds, with different 
shaped wing pads, but none with as long ones as those of the individual mentioned 
above. They also laid eggs, but during one of their wild rushes around the nest were 
given their quietus. I now had only the above nymph and the one with no visible 
wing pads left. This latter I thought to bea true queen (?), since the treatment of 
her was nothing like that accorded to the nymph with long wing pads. She laid eggs, 
but seemed to be disregarded by the workers. 
On March 26, 1895, at Haw Creek, Fla., Hubbard found an imago 
(a male) with the wings gone, in a colony. The antennex have seg- 
ments missing. His note reads, ‘‘In old, rotten pine log in swamp 
hummock; soldiers, larve, and imago with wings gone.”’ 
King“ also states that he has found a black form (male) with wing 
stumps in a colony and that it is a swift runner. ‘‘Again, there is 
associated with Termes flavipes a clear black form, variable in size, 
some with wing stumps, and others, so far as I can see now, without 
being cleared, appear to have none. [?] Ihave only met with five of 
these forms so far; one measured 6 mm. in length, another 5 mm., and 
two of these measure 4mm.’’ He states that the fifth form was sent, 
not long since, to Dr. L. O. Howard, with notes, who referred it to 
Mr. E. A. Schwarz, the latter stating that it was a fully developed 
male with wing stumps. 
Mr. King further says: 
“ek * * When I first observed its appearance with Termes 
flavipes, and in the nest with it, I supposed it to be a species of a 
staphylinid beetle, so swift were its movements that they made them 
quite deceptive. They are very swift runners and hard to capture. 
Further observations will be necessary to determine whether these 
are new species or not. It is my impression, however, that they are 
of a different type.” 
He does not state at what period of the year he found this form. 
These forms found by Hubbard and King were possibly royal indi- 
viduals, and in the case of the specimens collected by Mr. King they 
were possibly of both species, flavipes and virginicus. 
H. G. Hubbard found a true queen of Leucotermes, probably luci- 
fugus (a species very similar to flavipes”). As in virginicus the ocelli 
are nearer to the compound eyes than in flavipes. L. virginicus 


@King, G. B. Termes flavipes Kollar and its association with ants. Ent. News, 
v. 8, No. 8, p. 193-196, October, 1897.. See p. 194. 
® Hagen, H. A. Monographie der Termiten. Linnea Entomologica, v. 12, 1858, p. 
174-180 and 182-185. 
