Maynard has recorded his observations in " Notes on the White Ants of 

 the Bahamas " (Psyche, 1888) on those found in these islands. Moseley, 

 in his " Notes by a Naturalist on H.M.S. ' Challenger/ 1894," describes 

 them on the Virgin Islands. Hagen lists them from St. Domingo and 

 St. Thomas; and, Marshall studied the habits of Eutermes destructor in 

 Antigua. 



In Central America they are very destructive, and the country is alive 

 with several species that, during the construction of the Panama Railway, 

 did a great deal ^f damage to the rolling stock, even forming their nests 

 in disused railway cars. Messrs. Dudley and Beaumont kept a number 

 in captivity and observed their habits, notes on which were afterwards 

 published. 



Turning to North America, we find Termes flavipes is the common 

 species all over the United States ; but though it has been known for so 

 many years, its true nest has never been discovered, as far as I can learn, 

 up to the present date. Scudder has described their ravages in Florida, 

 Buckley records two species in Texas, others are known in Mexico, and 

 Osten Saken has studied their habits in California. In the Southern 

 States along the Mississippi they often do a great deal of damage to 

 tropical produce. 



In 1879, Hagen described an immense cloud of winged termites that 

 swarmed out at Cambridge, U.S., but they did not reappear the following- 

 season. The most northern limit of the termites in the New World is 

 Manitoba, whei'e Termes occidentalis was discovered and described by 

 Treherne. 



Distribution in Australia. 



Three species of white ants were described from New Zealand, to which 

 I have added another species, Calotermes hrouni, after my valued corres- 

 l^ondent. Captain Thas. Broun, Government Entomologist in New Zea- 

 land, who wrote, " This sjiecies originally inhabited the Puriri (Vitex 

 littoralis) in our northern forests, where I have frequently cut out the 

 nests containing only a small family." 



Four species are recorded from Tasmania, and up to the issue of my 

 monograph there were only six described from Australia. 



Since this was written a great deal of infoi-mation has come to hand 

 that enables us to map out the distribution of the termites in the interior 

 of the country and the western side of the continent. The members of the 

 Horn Exploring Expedition, 1S9G, l)rought back several interesting forms 

 from the McDonald Ranges, which were placed in my hands by Professor 

 Spencef" for determination. In the vicinitj' of Kalgoorlie, West Aus- 

 tralia, my father .collected a number of very interesting forms, many of 

 them peculiar to that district, Avhile his notes on their habits made his 

 work exceptionally valuable. 



The eastei'n coast-line of Australia is chiefly rugged forest country, and 

 termites are plentiful; in southern Gippsland they are a well-known pest, 



