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Plate 3 

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Fig. I. Kalotermes occidcntis Walker. Soldier showing well-developed man- 

 dibles and wing pads. 



Fig. 2. Tenuirostritcrmes briciae Snyder. Nasutus with nasus or beak from 

 which a defensive secretion is exuded ; the mandibles are vestigial. 



Fig. 3. Armitcrmes intermedius Snyder. Soldier with both biting mandibles 

 and nasus. 



Fig. 4. Rhinotcrines manni Snyder. Soldier, small t3'pe with labrum extended 

 into an elongate, slender tube " gabelnasutus." 



Fig. 5. Orthognathoternics ivheeleri Snyder. Soldier with mandibles bowed 

 and not adapted for biting. 



Fig. 6. Ncocapritermes hopkinsi Snyder. With markedly asymmetrical 

 mandibles. 



Fig. 7. Anoplotcrmes fiiniosus Hagen. Winged adult— head showing well- 

 developed mandibles. 



Fig. 8. Leucolernies tenuis Hagen. Carton, earth-like shelter tubes, view to 

 show how sometimes these: tunnels project into space, forming 

 branching structures. The workers were seen frequently in the open- 

 ings at the ends of these tunnels, building them up further ; taken in 

 the tunnel below the spillway at Mira Flores, 70 feet below the 

 surface; the white part is the concrete ceiling of the tunnel; taken 

 with a flashlight by J. Zetek. Panama. 



Fig. 9. Amitcrmcs mcdins Banks. Mound termitarium on ground, several feet 

 high. Panama. 



Fig. 10. Cryptotermes thompsonae Snyder. Exit holes of a wood boring beetle 

 (Neoclytus) in the bark on trunk of an orange tree covered over or 

 capped by this termite by means of its impressed pellets of excre- 

 ment stuck together. Panama. (View of outer bark.) 



Fig. II. Cryptotermes thompsonae Snyder. (View of inner bark.) 



Fig. 12. Nasutitcrmes cornigera Motsch. Carton, semi-spherical tree nest. 

 Panama. 



Fig. 13. Anoplotcrmes parvus Snyder. Low, turret-like termitarium of soft, 

 black, earth-like substance built on ground at base of tree. Panama. 



