; Sifrrn Leone and <!ntnliin. 



/\r/>(>r/s to the Forcii^n Office. 159 



n, I If 1 Donfjulii, D.irfiir, K'lril'iiin, 



T. Mltcosus } , , ' . . 



I S«'niinftr, ninl AbyMinia. 



T. thfiructnr^ Kordofan. 



//. viarum 



T. Ullin.sun 



T. llrsilUrtiir 



T. murdax 

 T. ttlroj- 

 7'. (trhoriiiit 

 T. Irinerviu-s 

 T. hitrralix I 

 T.fatah, Arabia. 



l)AMAf;E (AUSKI) IIV TkKMITKS. 



Tiie iiPiml wftv of Avorkinir is to <lostri>y wood-work of all kinds. In 

 nil instances Terniit^s work in the dark ; they cnti-r wood-work from tlie 

 ^'roiind, workiiii,' up inside the wood from where the poles, sup|x»rts and 

 tiinlxTs are ]>laeLHl in the soil. Fnrniture, Intoks and ]taix'i"8 are attacked 

 and dtstr>iy*d, the wood-work hein^^ completely hollowed out, nothinj; 

 l)Ut a thill pajx-ry outer shell left, which naturally can stand no pressure 

 and so, soon collajwes. 



Damaf^c to livinir sul>stances and crojis is l»y no means unusual. The 

 Americjui T. f/nripcs has hecn recorded dcstroyinj; turnij> roots, by 

 jjradually eatiiij^ out the interior.* In Florida they damage living trees 

 hy eatinij away the I Kirk ahout the collar and root, but growing wood is 

 only attackiKl by ti»em under exceptional circumstan<'es when tliere is no 

 den<l wotnl or when they wish to escajK' from the heated soil.t This 

 sp»xrie« also atUicks potiitoes growing in rich soil or where there is a 

 considernlde quantity of di-aiying vegetaltle matter. The insects form 

 s<ars or pitis covering the surface, often over-hung by the dead and dying 

 skin. 



Tfrmes fatile is very destructive to trees in .\rabia.J In Ceylon ti-a 

 and coffee plants ar<' attiwked by them, the steins being gnawed through 

 just below the ground. 



ywwA* fliAs/ra/M, according to French (" Handbook of Injurious Insocta 

 of Victoria," pp. 11. l;'.7, IKD.S), attjuks vines and fruit trees in Victoria, 

 hamage lo living plants is therefore not unusual. 



Vauikties of Nk8T8 {Termi/aria). 



Termites or White \ulA form variously-shaixxl nests. The wavs of 

 d(t*iroying Termites differ according to the type of TermiUiria. The 

 following tyjvs of n< i to occur (1) large mound-uwlii, often six to 

 U'U fc«'t high {T. bfllh .' .-' I, ( 'J) small don)c-shap<d nests over tree stumps, 

 seldom more than two feet high {Kutfrme.f sp.). (;i) .Arlmroil nests**, «iu 

 live and dead trees, aj>proa«hed by a covered tnnnel up the tnv tnink 

 ' '■ nff nrhorum Mm Hut" .), (1) Small round n(*t« in the soil 



1 :u«d by Major Count (■ n in his lett<r tif inquiry (sp. ?). 



•'• Insect Lifo." IT. 2M. t " Ii • ^ ' • • -•: 



X " History of .\rmbi», .\ncicnt and Modem," .\ 



