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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. I43 



Barros-Machado, A., 1957, pp. 80-81. (Archi- 

 tecture and evolution of African Apico- 

 termes nests.) 



Boyer, P., 1956, pp. 95-103. (Africa, tropical, 

 action of termitaria on certain soils, Bel- 

 licositermes natalensis, B. rex. Thoraco- 

 termes brevinotus.) 

 1956a, pp. 105-110. (Africa, tropical, the 

 ingredients of the termitarium of Belli- 

 cositermes natalensis.) 



Coaton, W. G. H., 1958, pp. 1-112. (South 

 Africa, Hodotermes mossatnbicus and 

 Microhodotermes viator mounds, soil 

 dumps, nest system.) 



De la Rue, E. A., Bourliere, F., and Har- 

 roy, J. P., 1957, pp. 27, 48, 100, 127, 139, 

 148, 151. (Tropics, tree nests in Panama, 

 mushroom-shaped nests West Africa, 

 magnetic nests Amitermes meridionalis, 

 Australia; in savannas in Guinea their 

 mass per unit surface area is equal to one- 

 half entire microfauna, earthworms ex- 

 cepted; eat humus. Influence flora and 

 fauna soils by mining, mounds Bellicosi- 

 termes rex 130 to 1,600 cu. yd. in volume, 

 bring up clay from lateritic stratum, 

 upward transport of clay.) 



Desneux, J., 1956, pp. 1-12. (Africa, atypical 



subterranean nests Apicotermes lamani.) 



1956a, pp. 92-97. (Africa, Apicotermes 



rimulijex nests.) 

 1956b, pp. 277-281. (Africa, Apicotermes 



lamani, atypical subterranean nests.) 

 1958, pp. 281-285. (Africa, Apicotermes ar- 



quieri double nests.) 

 *959> PP- 286-292. (Africa, Apicotermes 

 rimulijex nest Belgian Congo, ancestral 

 type related to A. arquieri and occultus 

 while holmgreni and tragardhi are still 

 more primitive in morphology and be- 

 havior with nests without pores in walls.) 



Emerson, A. E., 1956, pp. 248-258. (Regen- 

 eration nest structures, ventilation mecha- 

 nisms, homeostasis of nests.) 



Fonseca, J. P. C. da, 1959a, pp. 705-719. (Por- 

 tuguese Guinea, nests in landscape, vari- 

 ous types figured.) 



Grasse, P. P., 1958, pp. 189-200. (Brazil, Sao 

 Paulo, Cornitermes cumulans, subterra- 

 nean nest transformed later into mound 

 nest 1.60 m. high, base diameter 0.95, 

 queen moves about in nest.) 



Grasse, P. P., and Noirot, C., 1948, pp. 869- 

 871. (Africa, the climatization of the nest 

 by its inhabitants and the transportation 

 of water.) 

 x 957> PP« 974-979- (French Equatorial 

 Africa, giant mounds.) 



1958c, pp. 515-520. (Africa, 3 types nest, 

 Odontotermes, Bellicositermes, Sphaero- 

 termes, etc., with and without paraecie, 

 habitacle, exoecie, or large canals to ex- 

 terior not communicating with nest 

 proper; habitacle, where population as- 

 sembles and true royal cell; paraecie, open 

 space isolates habitacle. Nests of soil 

 chiefly clay cemented with saliva, royal 

 cell, macerated vegetation in fungus gar- 

 den. Sphaerotermes royal cell constructed 

 of excrement, no fungus garden, absence 

 of partition of habitacle.) 



Harris, W. V., 1954-1955, p. 35. (Africa, An- 

 gola, Apicotermes nests.) 

 1956, pp. 261-268. (Eastern Africa, mound 

 building.) 



Harris, W. V., and Brown, E. S., 1958, pp. 

 737-750. (Solomon Islands.) 



Hartwig, E. K., 1956, pp. 629-639. (Africa, 

 Trinervitermes, population distribution in 

 nests.) 



Jongen, P., and Oosten, M. van, 1956, p. 247. 

 (Africa, Ubangi soil of a mound nest.) 



Kalshoven, L. G. E., 1956, pp. 269-272. (Java, 

 Macrotermes gilvus, inner structure 

 mounds.) 



Kevan, D. K. McE., 1956, pp. 498-499. (SE. 

 Ethiopia, Ogaden, massive termitaria.) 



Leleup, N., 1955, pp. 374-375. (Africa, Bel- 

 gian Congo.) 

 i960, pp. 197-206. (Africa, Belgian Congo, 

 types nests described.) 



Noirot, C, 1959, pp. 179-184. (Vietnam, nests 

 Macrotermes gilvus common in paddy 

 fields of Mekong plain, Cambodge, inun- 

 dated several months of year, architec- 

 ture nests compared with those of other 

 regions; fungus gardens supply food re- 

 serves during floods.) 

 1959a, pp. 259-269. (Vietnam, Cambodge 

 (Indochina), Globitermes sulfureus builds 

 intricate nest, modified in rice marshland. 

 Soil, excrement (ligneous), and wood 

 fragments (cellulose) used in nest build- 

 ing, earth exterior, inner wall excrement, 

 more internal regions replaced by vegetal 

 material. Wood fragments for food re- 

 serve.) 



Pathak, A. N., and Lehri, L. K., 1959, pp. 87- 

 90. (India.) 



Rand, A. L., and Brass, L. J., 1940, pp. 358. 

 (New Guinea, Mabadauan savannas 

 southern New Guinea very large pin- 

 nacled nests 3 ft. in height, characteristic 

 feature, plate 33.) 



