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Fig. 5. Worker. 



Fig. 6. Soldier. 



Fig. 7. "Worker, magnified. 



Fig. 8. Forceps of Soldier, 

 magnified. 



THE WHITE ANTS, 



THEIR MANNERS AND HABITS. 



CHAPTEE II. 



46. Turrets built by the Termes mordax and the Termes atrox. 47. De- 

 scription of their structure. 48. Their king, queen, worker, and 

 soldier. 49. Internal structure of their habitation. 50. Nests of the 

 Termes arborum. 51. Process of their construction. 52. Hill nests 

 on the Savannahs. 53. The Termes lucifugus the organisation of 

 their societies. 54. Habits of the workers and soldiers the materials 

 they use for building. 55. Their construction of tunnels. 56. Nests 

 of the Termes arborum in the roofs of houses. 57. Destructive habits 

 of the Termes beliieosus in excavating all species of wood-work 

 entire houses destroyed by them. 58. Curious process by which they 

 fill with mortar the excavations which they make destruction of 

 Mr. Smeathman's microscope. 59. Destruction of shelves and wain- 

 scoting. 60. Their artful process to escape observation. 61. 

 Anecdotes of them by Koempfer and Humboldt. 62. Destruction of 

 the Governor's house at Calcutta destruction by them o' a British 

 ship of the line. 63. Their manner of attacking tiuibe: in the open 

 air their wonderful power of destroying fallen timber. 64. The 

 extraordinary behaviour of the soldiers when a nest is attacked. 



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