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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. I43 



Grasse, P. P., and Noirot, C, 1957, pp. 974- 

 979. (Equatorial Africa, giant termitaria.) 



Luscher, M., 1958c, pp. 48-65. (Evolution 

 termite society.) 



Schmidt, R. S., 1958, pp. 76-94. (Africa, 

 Apicotermes tragardhi, evolution of nest 

 building, most primitive lack wall perfo- 

 rations, shagreen, internal arrangement 

 cellular.) 



EXPERIMENTATION 



Alibert, J., 1959, pp. 1040-1042. France, study 

 of trophallactic exchanges in Calotertnes 

 flavicollis with the aid of radioactive 

 phosphorous.) 



Briegleb, P. H., 1954, pp. 73-76. (Resistant 

 wire insulation, soil poisons.) 



Dick, W. E., 1957, pp. 1-150. (Tag under- 

 ground insects with radioactive cobalt — 

 cobalt-60 — pick up with Geiger counter. 

 Wood borers in wood treated by radia- 

 tion dosage 1000 curies cobalt 60 — Nucle- 

 onics, Dec. 1952.) 



Ebeling, W., and Pence, R. J., 1957a, pp. 

 637-638. (Sodium pentachlorophenate 

 and pentachlorophenol relax termites to 

 lifelike appearance but turn them black.) 



Gosswald, K., 1955, in Schmidt, H. (Ed.), 

 1955b, pp. 165-192. (Calotermes flavi- 

 collis as an experimental animal.) 

 1958, pp. 129-151. (Effect of Thiodan on 

 Kalotermes flavicollis!) 



Gosswald, K., and Kloft, W., 1959, pp. 268- 

 278. (Kalotermes flavicollis 5th instar 

 larvae and 'Tseudoergates" good test ani- 

 mals, after molt larvae do not feed for 

 4 days; 30 larvae for 21-day test. Textile 

 pulled into metal frame projector slide, 

 termites gnaw through materials other- 

 wise resistant, if covered with thin perfo- 

 rated film of termite-proof material.) 



Grasse, P. P., 1956, in Autori, 1956, pp. 561- 

 575. (Termite experiments, same instinct 

 triggers building and feeding.) 



Hrdy, I., Novak, V. J. A., and Skrobal, D., 

 i960, pp. 172-174. (Czechoslovakia, in- 

 fluence of the honeybee queen inhibitory 

 substance on the development of supple- 

 mentary reproductives in Kalotermes 

 flavicollis.) 



Klee, O., 1958, p. 20. (Germany, toxic effect 

 of Thiodan on termites under different 

 temperatures and humidities.) 



Luscher, M., 1958, pp. 69-70. (Kalotermes 

 flavicollis, implantation corpora allata ac- 

 tive in determination molting supple- 

 mentary reproductives.) 



Luscher, M., and Karlson, P., 1958, pp. 341- 

 345. (Classification of prothoracic gland 

 hormone as a growth and differentiation 

 hormone questionable.) 



Pence, R. J., 1957a, pp. 91-95. (Fluorescent 

 differentiation of internal organs and 

 tissues, Reticulitermes hesperus, Kalo- 

 termes minor, and Zootermopsis an- 

 gusticollis studied with ultraviolet radia- 

 tion, adipose tissue, not chitin, fluoresced.) 



Sebald, M., and Mellis, Y. de, 1958, pp. 357- 

 360. (France, Spherophorus, n. sp., sul- 

 phite-reducing bacteria from intestine 

 French termite injected in vein rabbit, 

 toxic or allergenic, not infectious.) 



Skaife, S. H., 1955, pp. 1-134. (South Africa, 

 Amitermes atlanticus, nails inserted into 

 mound nest to measure rate of growth, 

 nest 2 ft. high 25 to 50 years old.) 

 IQ 57> PP- 373> 39°- (South Africa, Kalo- 

 termes durbanensis, effects temperature 

 on protozoa, prefers newsprint.) 



Springhetti, A., 1959, pp. 1-4. (Italy, mor- 

 tality of C. flavicollis and R. lucijugus 

 treated with diverse saline solutions.) 



Springhetti, A., and Frizzi, G., 1957, pp. 395- 

 396. (Italy, Kalotermes flavicollis, trans- 

 plantation of endocrine organs.) 



Verron, H., 1957, pp. 25-30. (France, Calo- 

 termes flavicollis, olfaction takes a part 

 in reciprocal attraction between different 

 individuals and density of grouping, no 

 difference in responses between sexes.) 

 1958, pp. 309-314. (France, Calotermes 

 flavicollis, olfaction attraction produced 

 by last instar nymphs on larvae, nymphs 

 with short wing pads, and neoteinics in- 

 creases regularly with importance of 

 crowding. Different types of individuals 

 (soldiers excepted) do not react to last 

 instar nymphs as well as they do to 

 larvae. Soldiers exhibit a higher level of 

 response toward nymphs, react in same 

 way toward 10 nymphs or 20 larvae.) 



Wybourn, J., 1958, pp. 171-172. (Reactions 

 Zootermopsis angusticollis to variation 

 in light and temperature.) 



