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A satisfactory poison bait may be made by using lib. 

 bran (pollard ) mixed to a stiff mash with water and molasses 

 and Paris green, 25 K). or an equally efficient and much 

 cheaper bait may be employed, composed of J-barrel of fresh 

 horse droppings, 1ft). salt and 15). Paris green, thorough^ 

 mixed together. This is the Griddle mixture and has given 

 good results in the United States and Canada. 



TERMITES, OR WHITE ANTS. Platyptera. 



Termites (Fig. 81) are well known in the tropics, chiefly 

 on account of the injury they do to the timbers of buildings, 

 etc., but in St. Kitts, on one estate, they have occurred as 



Fig. 81. White Ant. 



(a) queen ; (b) nymph of winged female ; (c) worker; (d) soldier. 

 All enlarged. (From U. S.Dept. Ayric.) 



