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mite control, including both physical and 

 chemical barriers.) 



Mathur, R. N., 1960a, pp. 376-378. (India, 

 control in houses, sanitation, ventilation, 

 grading, drainage, sound foundations, 

 proper clearance, periodic inspections, soil 

 poisons, metal shields, resistant woods, 

 wood preservatives, destruction nests by 

 poisons.) 



Mayer, P., 1955, pp. 18, 20, 44. (U.S., built-in 

 termite proofing.) 



Mesecher, R. B., 1957, pp. 20, 22, 45. (U.S., 

 California, how to remove, repair, re- 

 place baseboards.) 



Metcalf, R. L. (Ed.), 1957, pp. 147-192. (Use 

 chemicals as pesticides, repellents: or- 

 ganic phosphorous insecticides.) 

 1958, pp. 1-426. (Application pesticides, 

 residues, insect resistance.) 



Moutia, L. A., 1955, pp. 48-51. (Mauritius, 

 household.) 



Newsam, A., and R\o, B. S., 1957, pp. 98. 

 {Coptotermes curvignathus attacking rub- 

 ber trees in Malaya controlled with aldrin, 

 less costly than superior dieldrin, chlor- 

 dane less persistent.) 

 1958, pp. 209-215. (Malaya, Coptotermes 

 curvignathus controlled by treating soil 

 about trunk with 0.4% BHC dust (2 oz. 

 around collar); 5% DDT or 5% toxa- 

 phene failed; emulsions more effective 

 than dusts. Vi gal. per planting hole, 

 emulsions of chlordane, aldrin, dieldrin 

 effective, dieldrin most persistent.) 



New South Wales Dept. Agric., Entomo- 

 logical Branch, 1958, pp. 1-19. (Aus- 

 tralia, N.S. Wales.) 



Nirula, K. K., Anthony, J., and Menon, 

 K. P. V., 1953, pp. 26-34. (Chlordane and 

 parathion mixed with soil effective against 

 Termes obesus attacking coconut seed- 

 lings, India.) 



Orr, L. W., 1959, pp. 639-640. (U.S., soil 

 poisons cannot be relied on alone, sanita- 

 tion, drainage, ventilation, proper clear- 

 ance, impervious foundations, treated 

 wood; disturbance symbiosis with pro- 

 tozoa.) 



Osmun, J. V., 1957a, pp. 592-593. (Response 

 of Reticulitertnes ftavipes to certain in- 

 secticides.) 



Osmun, J. V., and Pfendler, D. C, 1955, pp. 

 479-480. (Device for subslab injection of 

 insecticides by pressure.) 



Packard, H. R., 1955, pp. 25-26, 28. (Coopera- 

 tion between termite operator and real 

 estate agencies in California.) 



Parcher, J. V., and Means, R. E., 1959, pp. 

 29-30, 32. (U.S., characteristics soil, co- 

 hesion, plasticity, strength, void ratio, 

 loads on sand, clay, shrinking and swell- 

 ing.) 

 1959a, pp. 57-58, 60. (U.S., chemical ap- 

 plication, structural safeguards, penetra- 

 tion soil, soaking or low-pressure injec- 

 tion for coarse-grained soil, pressure in- 

 jection for fine-grained soils; effect of 

 building on water content of clay and dry 

 soils.) 



Parry, M. S., 1949, pp. 287-292. (Africa, 

 Tanganyika, Eucalyptus plantations.) 



Parsons, H. L., and Ehrlich, A., 1961, pp. 

 20, 23-24. (Use AM-9-American Cyana- 

 mid Co. water-soluble mixture of acryl- 

 amide and N,N-methylene-bisacrylamide 

 to solidify soil. A 10% mixture by weight 

 in water prepared and 2 catalysts added, 

 resulting in a gel. Solution applied in 

 rodding holes, 8 in. apart, parallel to 

 wall. Mass of soil patricles held together. 

 Dries out soil. Toxic, remove plants. 

 May be applied with insecticide?, not 

 determined.) 



Pearson, E. O., and Maxwell-Darling, R. C, 

 1958, pp. 61-63. (Tropical Africa, dam- 

 age to cotton by Hodotermes can be al- 

 lowed for by closer spacing; subterranean 

 termites can be controlled by use bait 

 sawdust poisoned by paris green applied 

 at time thinning; ground applications 

 BHC effective.) 



Pence, R. }., 1958, p. 56. (Chemically treated 

 asphalt vapor barrier stops termites — 1% 

 chlorinated hydrocarbons added to as- 

 phalt.) 



Pepper, J. O., and Gesell, S. G., 1959, pp. 1-8. 

 (U.S., Pennsylvania, detection and con- 

 trol.) 



Purushotham, A., Sebastian, V. O., and Gro- 

 ver, P. N., 1959, pp. 15-19. (India, pro- 

 tection timber logs from termites.) 



Rangel, J., Gomes, J., and Souza, H. D., 

 1952- 1955. (Control of Nasutitertnes bre- 

 vioculatus by disinfection of sugarcane 

 cuttings with Rhodiatox, Rodiaclor, and 

 other insecticides, Brazil.) 



Redd, J. C, 1957, pp. 37-38, 46. (Special con- 

 trol specification needed for each struc- 

 ture.) 



Reno, J., i960, pp. 27-28. (Protection of houses 

 with basements against termites.) 

 1960a, p. 77. (U.S., protection against ter- 

 mites for houses with slab floors.) 



Roonwal, M. L., 1955a, pp. 22-23, 26, 30. 

 (Fighting the white ant, India.) 



