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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. I43 



Anoplotermes, 7, 16, 30 



brucei, 49 



franciscoi, 49 



gracilis, 37 



parvus, 37 



shillongensis, 49 

 Ant(s), 37; forest, 37; how to tell from termites, 



49; predators, 37; societies, 6 

 Anteaters, aardvark, 37; numbat, 37; pangolin, 



37; Tamandua, 37; white, 37 

 Antennae receptors, 42 

 Antennopsis gallica, 35 



grassei, 35 

 Ant hills, Bantu dead buried in, 27; chemical 

 changes in soil, caused by, 27, 30; giant, 27; in 

 sandy soil, valuable asset, 30 

 Antibiotics, 13; eliminate microorganisms inter- 

 fering with termite diet, 29, 35 

 Apicotermes, 3, 48 



abttriensis, transferred to Allognathotermes 47 



arquieri, 34 



etiological species, 48 



gurgulifex, 47 



holmgreni, 34, 47 



lamani, 25, 34, 36 



machodoensis , 35, 50 



nest building behavior, 3, 25, 26, 34, 35 



occultus, 34 



rimulifex, 34, 47 



trdgardhi, 26, 34, 35 

 Apicotermitinae, 30, 38 

 Apilitermes, 33 



Appendages, abdominal, exudatory, 51 

 Approved Reference Procedure, (ARP) by Na- 

 tional Pest Control Assoc, 10 

 Arabia, Southwest, 23, 48, 68 

 Architermes simplex, 28 

 Archotermopsis, wroughtoni, 19, 38 

 Arginine, 9 



Arizona, 30, 67; Maricopa Co. requires license for 

 pest control operators, 32, 66; Phoenix, requires 

 license for pest control operators, 32, 66 

 Arkansas, 27, 32, 51 

 Armitermes brevinasus, 48 



latidens, 48 



parvidens, 48 



silvestrii, 48 



snyderi, 48 



spissus, 48 

 Aroa Island, Bougainville district, 70; near Kieta, 



21, 24, 70 

 ARP, approved reference procedures for termite 



control-National Pest Control Assoc, 10 

 Arsenic, 45; termites thrive on, 35; white, 12, 54 

 Arsenic mixture, 53 



Arsenic pentoxide, 53; and zinc chloride, 53 

 Arsenious oxide, 56 

 Asia, anterior, 49, 69 

 Asphalt paper, 20 

 Asphalt vapor barrier, 9 

 Attractant, 6, 43 



Attraction, 3; difference in responses between 

 sexes, 26; nymphs, 3; olfaction part reciprocal, 

 26, 42; to rotten wood, 6 



Australia, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 

 34> 35. 40, 48, 50, 5i> 53. 58-595 Canberra, 19, 

 40, 42, 50, 53; Cape York Peninsula, Weipa 

 area, 22; coastal forests, 20; Dinmore, 28; 

 mainland, 20; Melbourne, 43, 58; New South 

 Wales, 14, 19, 20, 58; Northwest, 37, 58; North 

 Queensland, 47; Northern Territory, 47 (Port 

 Darwin, 47); Queensland, 47, 58 (Dinmore, 28; 

 Rollingstone, 54); Riverina, 52; savanna wood- 

 land, 20; South, 51, 59; Southwestern, 37, 58; 

 Tasmania, 20; Victoria, 19, 20; Western, 4, 6, 

 13, 19, 22, 37, 40, 43, 54, 58 (Pingrup, 19) 



Australian zoogeographical region, 25, 36, 47, 58- 



59 



Australitermes dilucidus, 47 



Austria, 12, 13, 16, 18, 31, 39, 68, 70; Hallein 

 (Salzburg), 12, 13, 18, 31, 39, 69; Vienna, 31 

 Autoclaving, 45 



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Backfill, importance of treating gravel fill, 43, 44 



Bacteria, 3, 22; existence termites, prolonged not 

 necessary, ?, 29; interfere with termite diet, 29, 

 35; intestinal flora, Termitidae, 3; in posterior 

 intestine, 3; principal agents in fermentation 

 cellulose for fungus-growing Sphaerotermes 

 sphaerothorax , Ruminococcus, same group as in 

 paunch of ruminants, 3; sulphite-reducing in- 

 testinal, 26 



Bacteriocytes, 5 



Bahamas, 49, 67 



Baits, poison, 14; sawdust poisoned with paris 

 green, 14; tree branches, teak, 40 



Balkans, 23, 68 



Barbulanympha, protozoan in Cryptocercus, 37 



Barriers, 1, 13, 14; building paper, asphalt im- 

 pregnated, 16; chemical, 13, 14; cinders, 5, 9; 

 mechanical, physical, 13, 14; moisture, 11; 

 sand, 5, 9, 15; slabs, concrete, no, 17; vapor, 

 11, 16 



Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, Panama, 

 chemically treated wood building termite-proof, 

 58; wood preservative tests, 56, 58 



Baseboards, 14; remove, 14; repair, 14; replace, 14 



Basement houses, 14 



Basidentitermes , 33, 48 

 trilobatus, 49 



Bee societies, 6 



Beehives, chemical protection, 58 



Beetle(s), Coleoptera, borers, New Zealand, 17; 

 green protea, 51; powder-post, 17 



Behavior, nest-building, 3, 25 



Behavior, social, in insects, 3, 25; regeneration, 3; 

 vestigial, in Apicotermes, 3 



Belgrade, 23 



Bellicostiiermes, 7 



jeanneli, goliath, 23, 48 

 natalensis, 3, 5, 9, 30, 34, 50 

 nests, 34 

 rex, 9, 30, 34 



Benzene hexachloride (BHC), 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 

 I5> 43> 44» 5*> 575 DDT mixture, 19; emul- 

 sion, 12; failed, 43; gamma, 13, 44; ground 

 application, 14, 43, 44; injures vegetation, 13; 

 in kerosene, unsuccessful, 15; soil, alkaline de- 

 composes, 44; soil poison, 43, 44 



