Termites in captivity in England. 591 



" Tahe G. 7 individuals, some small and dwarf 

 looking, none appear to have compound eyes. 



" On February 21st the following observations were 

 made at sea off Aden : — 



''Tube 1. 4 individuals; one of them is brown with 

 compound eyes ; the other three are white and one of 

 them is very short. 



" Tube 2. 3 individuals, small and of starved appear- 

 ance. 



'^ Tube S'i 4 individuals, one large and one very 

 short. 



" Tube 4. 11 healthy individuals, one a well developed 

 brown form with compound eyes. 



" Tube 5 ? 2 miserable individuals. 



'' Tube 6. All dead. 



" March loth in the English Channel. The Termites 

 seemed to stand the cold till the thermometer Avent down 

 to 55 degrees, but yesterday the thermometer went lower 

 and they were nearly dead, lying on their backs, just 

 able to move a leg when breathed on. I have taken 

 them down to the engine room where the majority at 

 once recovered. 



" March 30th. Almost all these Termites now have 

 eyes and some of them are growing wings. In the dish 

 are 56 still alive, all the soldiers are dead and there are 

 no substitution forms ; added 5 from a tube, making in 

 all 61. In one of the tubes there is a substitution form. 



" April 6th. Put all the Termites from the tubes into 

 the dish, there is amongst them a good neoteinic 

 individual. 



" On December 5th, 1805, all the Termites except the 

 neoteinic individual, which was a king, were dead. On 

 December 7th he died also.^' 



Calotermes domesticus [n. sp.]. 



" From the beginning of November to the 9th of 

 December, 1894, a good number of individuals were kept 

 in a tube under observation, but as no neoteinic indi- 

 vidual could be seen spirit was added and some fresh 

 tubes started. The exact dates of the starting of these 

 tubes was not recorded, but none were started after 

 January, 1895. 



