BIOLOGY OF THE TERMITES OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. 59 
Mr. W. B. Parker, of the Bureau of Entomology, has found two 
large fertilized true queens of Leucotermes lucifugus in redwood hop- 
poles in California. These queens were found in May, one being 
approximately 8 millimeters in length, with 11 segments to the 
antenne, the other approximately 6 millimeters in length, with 
antenne broken. Like the queen found by Mr. Schaeffer, the ab- 
domens were not fully distended. 
At Falls Church, Va., during the seasons of 1912, 1913, and 1914, 
numerous nymphs of the second form, in stages before, during, and 
after molting, were found by the writer; also young and mature 
neoteinic reproductive forms and young and mature true royal indi- 
viduals. 
On April 23, 1912, at Falls Church, the first colony of flavipes was 
found with a nymph of the second form present. The abdomen 
was noticeably broader, and this nymph was active and associated 
with nymphs of the first form. The nymphs of the first form were 
fully developed and in various stages to the sexed adults with imma- 
ture pigmentation. Freshly hatched young larve were present. The 
day was sunny and warm. 
On the same day a colony of flavipes was found in a decaying tulip 
tree stump, established well in the heartwood. Sexed adults with 
mature castaneous-black pigmentation were present and flew when 
the colony was disturbed. They were not present in large numbers, 
and all were in the outer layers of the wood. No fully developed 
nymphs in the stage just before the final molt were present, which is 
remarkable, as they were apparently present in all other near-by 
colonies. Very young nymphs and half-grown nymphs, as well as 
larvee just hatched and young to medium-sized larve, workers, sol- 
diers, and two neoteinic males (mature kings?) were present. They 
were active and in the outer layers of the wood. The abdomens 
of these males tapered markedly, being narrower at the end of the 
abdomen. They had a yellowish brown pigmentation, and in one 
king the compound eyes were without a trace of pigmentation. 
(PL NIL fe: 2.) a.) 
A small colony of flavipes was found on April 25, 1912, under a 
small chestnut slab lying on the ground, exposed but sunken com- 
pactly into the moist earth. The day was sunny and warm. Fully 
developed nymphs of the first form were the most abundant stage, 
although some few transforming nymphs and a few sexed adults 
with dark pigmentation, as well as a few soldiers and workers, were 
present. The next most abundant caste to nymphs of the first form 
was nymphs of the second form, of which 90 were present and 4 
were molting. They were active, much more so than nymphs of the 
first form. Most of these forms were either in shallow tunnels in the 
earth or on the earth, but a few were found in the decaying wood. 
