WHITE ANTS. 



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consists of cells, connected by galleries. Portions of these nests are 

 exhibited in the wall-cases, as well as photographs of the whole nests. 

 One kind of nest met with in Australia, of a flat, wedge shape, is 



Fig. 27. 



Male. 



Soldier. 



Worker. 



Female. 



greatly 

 enlarged. 



Female, distended with eggs. 

 Termes fatalis, all enlarged. (1307.) 



remarkable for the fact that its broad, flat surfaces always face 

 nearly east and west. 



A large photograph showing some of these nests is suspended 

 on the wall. A nest met with in Sierra Leone has the upper part 



