416 Mr. C. O. fasinates Five Years’ Observations 
season, The (Agege) Para form I think certainly feeds 
on the dead outermost layer of the cortex. The frass is 
quite solid, in the form of round particles. The frass of 
the cotton species is very similar. I think there can be 
no doubt that the galleries are protective. As I told you, 
Oecophylla constantly run over the silk of the Para form, 
making no attempt to penetrate it. They readily attack 
and kill individuals that one forces outside the web. 
B. TERMITIDAE. 
1. Three Genera of Termites from a small part of a single 
Carton Nest at Agege. 
(Material :—A tube containing Termite soldiers and 
workers in spirit, from a “fresh bit of carton nest not 
as large as a football’’—the nest (formed in a stump), 
in the disused parts of which Camponotus maculatus had 
established itself, and Catochrysops phasma pupae were 
found at Agege, on Sept. 10, 1917 (p. 392). Mr. Hugh 
Scott kindly examined the specimens and recognised the 
existence of three species among the soldiers. He then 
submitted the material to Prof. F. Silvestri who deter- 
mined the species as Ancistrotermes crucifer Sjostedt ; 
Hamitermes evuncifer Silvestri; Pericapritermes urgens 
Silvestri, var. nigeriana Silvestri. Workers as well as 
soldiers of each species were present. Prof. Silvestri 
wrote March 22, 1920: “It is possible that all the 
specimens were found under a decayed trunk or in an 
earth nest of Termites, but I can assure you that each 
species has its own galleries. We do not as yet know any 
species of Termite living in the same gallery with another 
species, but it is very common for two or more species 
to be found in the same nest, as described in my paper on 
West African Termites.” (“ Contribuzione alla conoscenza 
dei Termitidi dell’ Africa occidentale,’ Boll. lab. zool. 
Portici, ix (1914), pp. 20, 73, 135.)] 
Sept. 18, 1917.—I am curious to know what the Termite 
is that figures in my Camponotus maculatus Lycaenid find 
(p. 392). They are of no direct connection, but you will 
see when I send you a few that I put in spirit, that the 
“ soldiers” [of Pericapritermes| are extraordinary looking 
individuals with particularly extraordinary mandibles ex- 
hibiting marked asymmetry. I have been puzzling over 
the value of such an odd departure but have had to give 
