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INDEX 



II 7 



Bermuda, 49, 67 



BHC, see Benzene hexachloride 



Bibliography, 47; annotated, subject-heading, 3; 

 of sound -producing and sound-receiving ter- 

 mites, 47 



Bioassay, 45 



Biochemistry, 13 



Biogeography, Brazil, Minas Gerais, 22; Sao 

 Paulo, 22 



Biography, 3 



Biology, ecology, natural history, life cycle or life 

 history, 4-8; general, world species, 8; more 

 diverse than supposed, 8; nutrition, 6, 7, 33 



Birds, as predators, 27, 37; sea gulls, Bonaparte's, 



27. 37 



Blattidae, Blattids, cockroaches, 5, 32 



Blattoidae, 33, 46; affinity with termites, 33; isop- 

 tera, sound, 46; sound production and recep- 

 tion, 46 



Blattotermes, n. gen., 28 

 neoxenus (fossil), 28 

 wheeleri (fossil), 28 



Blattopteroidea, 5 



Boards, fiber, 56, 57; hardboard, 53, 54, 56, 57; 

 insulation, 56; particle, 56, 57, 58; weather, 56 



Boliden salt, chromated zinc arsenate, 55 



Bolivia, 49, 67; Santa Cruz, 21, 25, 68 



Books, damage to, in libraries in Rome, National, 

 17; Vatican, 17 



Borax-boric acid, 55 



Borbororhina bivittata, dipterous parasite, attracted 

 to freshly opened Eutermes mounds, 36 



Boric acid, 55, 56 



Boxes, wooden, 18 



BRAB, Building Research Advisory Board, 9, 12, 

 13, 15; reports, 56 



Brain, architecture, 33; structure in relation to 

 polymorphism, 33 



Brazil, 14, 16, 20, 32, 67, 68; Minas Gerais, 22, 

 67; Sao Paulo, 5, 22, 34, 67 



Brei, food rich in carbohydrates, 33 



British Columbia, 15, 19, 27, 37, 66; coastal, 24; 

 gulf islands, 24; Kamloops, 19, 24; Kelowna, 

 19, 24, Lillooet, 24; Lytton, 24, mainland 

 coast, 24; Nanaimo, 24; Okanagan Valley, 24; 

 Osoyoos, 24; Prince Rupert, 24; Quesnal Lake, 

 24; Revelstoke, 24; Salmon Arm, 24; Van- 

 couver Island, 24; Victoria, 24; west coast, 24 



British Commonwealth, 12, 13, 23, 58, 70, 71 



Bruce-Terminix Insured Protection Contract, 4 



Bucharest, 23 



Building Codes, 8; southern standard building 

 code of Southern Building Code Congress, 

 shields, resistant woods, pressure-treated wood, 

 8 



Building Research Advisory Board, BRAB, 9, 12, 

 13, 15; criticism, 9, 12; recommendations, 15; 

 report, 12, 15 



Buildings, collapse of, 19; damage to, 16, 18, 19, 

 54, 56; types: basement, 14, 54; brick veneer, 

 46; concrete block, 17; conventional, 13; crawl- 

 space, 11, 17, 43, 54; row, 18; slab-on-ground, 

 13, 14, 15, 17, 43, 46, 54; subslab, 46; sus- 

 pended floor, 17; various, 43; wood preserva- 

 tion timber prolongs life, 56 



Built-in protection, chemicals in, 44 

 Burma, 24, 49, 61, 62 

 Burning, control by, 31 



Cables, aerial, damage control, 11; ducts, blow 

 poisons into, 11; jute fillers, 11; lead-sheathed, 

 11, plastic-sheathed, 11, 40; rubber synthetic, 

 11; tests of plastic-covered, lead-sheathed or 

 bitumen-served cables, Queensland, 54; under- 

 ground, damage, control, 11; vaseline-based 

 serving containing arsenic, 11 



Calcium, in haemolymph, 36; in termite soil, 30 



Calcium chloride, absorbs water-vapor in nest, 30 



California, 5, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21, 28, 29, 32, 42, 43, 

 54, 56, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67; Los Angeles, 32, 

 58; Pasadena, 32; Pest Control Operators, 29; 

 San Diego, 37; San Fernando Valley, 17; San 

 Francisco, 17, 31; Southern, 15, 17, 56, 66; 

 Structural Pest Control Board, 13, 28; Vallejo, 

 Solano Co., 21, 67 



Calling attitude, 3, 27 



Callhris spp., resistant woods, 40 



Caloglyphus, 36, 50 

 jeytaudi, 36 



Calotermes-Kalotermes brounii, 17, 21, 56 

 dispar, 24 



Calotermes flavicollis, 3, 5, 7, 12, 16, 21, 22, 24, 

 26, 28, 32, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48 



Calotermitidae, 30, 32 



Camphor 16; byproducts, 16 



Camphor oil, blue, wood preservative, 58 



Canada, 4, 15, 19, 27, 31, 37, 47, 64; British 

 Columbia, 15, 19, 27, 37, 66; Toronto, 4, 63; 

 western, 31 



Canal Zone, Panama, 18, 35, 36, 37, 43, 44, 54, 

 55> 56, 58, 6^, 64, 67; Barro Colorado Island, 

 37, 56, 58 



Canary Islands, 13, 18, 69; tests of resistant 

 woods, 40 



Canton Island, 24, 70 



Capritermes, 33 

 dunensis, 24, 

 hutsoni, 19 

 nitobei, 8 



Caps, concrete, 10 



Carbon dioxide, CO2, expiration, 30; percent in 

 nest, 30 



Carburetted hydrogen gas, 12, 28 



Castanospermum anstrale, black bean, resistant 

 wood, 40 



Caste(s), 33; evolution polymorphism, 7; links 

 and gaps in common castes, 7, 9; longevity, 4; 

 neuter castes, character of, 7; nutrition, preferen- 

 tial controls production various castes, 7; origin, 

 8; presoldier, 9; relative proportion, 47; work- 

 ers, production per first year, 8 



Caste development, determination, differentiation, 

 formation, 4, 6, 7, 8-9; corpora allata, 6, 9; 

 crowding, 8; ectohormones 8, 9; endocrinal 

 gland secretion, 8, 9, 41; extrinsic causes, 4, 9; 

 hormone organs, 8, 9, 26; inhibition theory, 4, 

 5, 8; nutrition, 8; prothoracic gland hormone, 

 26; social insects, in, 8 



Caste system, 5 



