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and dead trunks are sometimes riddled by the insect. One small dead 

 hard pine had been tunneled by this species to the hight of 4 feet from 

 the ground. It was a somewhat common species in decaying hard pine 



Fig. II Termes flav 

 <r-same of female; d— 

 segments and claw; a, «/, 

 Agric. Div. Ent. Bui. 4. n 



es: n-aduh male; ^-terminal abdominal segment o 

 le somewhat inflated; .--side view of abdomen of female; y_ 

 e are enlarged; <5, c, / are greatly enlarged. (After Maria 



U. S. Dep't 



Stumps near Manor L. I., in 1900. The principal effect the species has 

 in these situations is to hasten decay, and in the forest this can hardly 

 be counted undesirable. The insects, however, may make their w^ay from 



yig. T2 T e I 

 same, with 

 Bui. 4. n.! 



flavipes: a=dorsal view of head of winged female; /—ventral aspect of 

 th parts open, greatly enlarged. (After Marlatt, U. S. Dep't Agric. Div. Ent. 



decaying stumps outdoors into dwellings and their presence in such places 

 may be followed by serious injuries. Professor Webster has recorded this 

 species as quite injurious in Ohio, not only to buildings, but also to small 

 trees, and the writer has received several complaints in recent years of 



