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The Queen Termite is the mother of the hill-nest. Her body, here shown of the 

 natural size, is bloated with eggs, of which she lays many thousands per day. 



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TERMITES OR " WHITE ANTS." 



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In the lower illustration the upper figure is that of a winged male ; below to the 

 left is a soldier and to the right a worker. 



