594 Mr. G. D. Haviland and Dr. D. Sharp on Termites. 



can nowhere be destructive until after they have been 

 established for some considerable time in any given 

 locality. Their increase can be carried on at a good rate 

 only after a certain complexness of conditions has been 

 established. Finally, I may remark that I am inclined 

 to believe that the posterior parts of the bodies of 

 individuals of this species may have been eaten by their 

 associates, but I never saw the act. 



18th Deckmbek, 1896. 



