IN THE BUNGALOW. 



a door of the bungalow, This is a pre- 

 rfuptial flight and after returning to earth 

 the termites may be seen pulling or biting 

 off their wings for which they have now 

 no further use. These wings are of a 

 delicate gauzy consistency being much 

 longer than the insect itself and having 

 the appearance of a small bird's feather as 

 shown in the sketch here. Just above the 

 junction of the wing with the body there 

 is a small transverse thickening or suture 

 in the wing, and it is along this line that 

 the wing breaks off on the return of the 

 termite to earth. When the wing has 

 been pulled or broken off, a small trian- 

 gular flap is thus seen left attached to 

 the body. After losing their wings, those 

 ants which are found by worker termites 

 are taken back to the nest, but this num- 

 ber is very small, by far the larger 

 number perishing. The female on return 

 to the nest commences egg-laying and 

 lays a very large number of eggs, her 

 body swelling up until she reaches two 



