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columbicus, 37 



corniger, 20, 23 



costalis, 20 



exitiosus, 40, 42, 53, 54, 56 



jumigatus, 5 



globiceps, 21, 25 



mounds, 9 



nigriceps, 20, 23, 31 



novarum-hebridarum , 21, 24 



thanensis, 6, 24 

 Nasutitermitinae, 6, 30, 36, 47; collect food, 30; 



revision, 49 

 National Academy of Sciences, 9, 12, 13, 15, 56 

 National Association Home Builders, 46 

 National Better Business Bureau, 39 

 National Lumber Manufacturers Assoc, 10 

 National Pest Control Assoc., N.P.C.A., approved 

 reference procedures, termite, control, 42; pre- 

 treatment certification board, 42; pretreat pro- 

 cedure, 10, 13, 15; termite control warranty 

 program, 10, 46 

 National Research Council, 9, 12, 13, 15, 56; 

 Building Research Advisory Bd., 9, 12, 13, 15, 

 56; Div. Medical Sci., 52 

 National Safety Council, safe use pesticides, 52 

 National Science Foundation, 1 

 Natural selection, 25 

 Nearctic zoogeographical region, 62-67 

 Near East, 49, 69 

 Neoteinics, 4, 5; apterous, 4; brachypterous, 4; 



functional, 5 

 Neoteinia, neoteny, 7 

 Neotermes, 4, 23 



aburiensis, 21, 47 



ampltts, 35 



araguaensis , 49 



aridus, 50 



bosei, 6, 27 



castaneus, 16, 20, 21 



collarti, 47 



desneuxi, 35 



dilatatus, 19 



gardneri, 7, 21 



greeni, 19 



lepcrsonneae , 47 



tnalatensis, 20 



megaocttlatas, 6, 24 



microculatus, 6, 24 



milltaris, 19 



n. sp., 22 



pishinensis, 47 



reunionensis, 24 



sanctaecrucis, 37 



setijer, 49 



sp., 2i, 24 



tectonae, 6, 20 

 Neotropical zoogeographical region, 25, 36, 48, 



63-68 

 Nepal, 24, 61 

 Nerves, 33; terminal, 16 

 Nervous system affected by DDT, 36 

 Nests, 33-35, 36; African, 34; age, 7, 26, 35; an- 

 cestral type, 34; Apicotermes, 34, 35, 36; archi- 

 tecture, 34; atypical, 25, 34, 36; climatization, 

 34; destruction of, 12, 14, 15; double, 34; 

 dumps, soil, 34; during floods, 34; ethological 



material, 3, 35; evolution, 3, 25, 26, 34, 35; 

 giant, 34; height, 26, 34, 35, 36; homeostasis, 

 34; Hospitalitermes , 6; influence fauna, flora, 

 34; ingredients of, 9, 27, 34; landscape in, 34; 

 logs, in, 19; Macrotermitinae, Asian, African, 

 6; magnetic, 34; mass, per unit surface area, 3; 

 material used in road repair, 27; medicine, use 

 in, 27; microclimate, regulation, 7; mound, 5, 

 13, 34; mushroom-shaped, 34; Odontotermes, 

 33; parts of, 34; phylogeny, 35; pinnacled, 34; 

 primitive Apicotermes, 3, 26, 34, 35; rate of 

 growth, 26; region differences, 34, 35; size, 26, 

 34> 355 soil of, 3, 34; structure of, 34; stumps 

 in, 19; subterranean, 34; system, 34; temperate 

 regions, 35; temperature regulation, 7; tree, 34; 

 trees fallen, in, 19; types, 34, 35 (Macro- 

 termitinae, 29); underground, 34; vegetation in, 

 29; ventilation, 34; volume, 34; walls, types of, 

 2 6, 34. 355 young and old, contrast, 5 



Neurosecretory cells, 33 



New Britain, 21, 24, 70 



New Caledonia, 20, 70 



New Guinea, 8, 21, 24; southern Mabadauan 

 savannas, 34, 70 



New Hebrides, 23, 37, 70 



New Jersey, 43, 62, 63, 64; Trenton, 22, 25, 62, 

 66, 67 



New York, 67; Albany, 13, 65; Buffalo, 32, 65; 

 danger zone, 19; Long Island, 66; New York 

 City, 32; State, 8, 15, 22, 24, 46, 66 



New Zealand, 6, 17, 21, 24, 33, 51, 56, 58, 59 



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Nitiditermes berghei, 47 



North America, 12, 31, 64 



~Noditerm.es, 33 

 jestivus, 48 

 wasambaricus, 50 



North Carolina, 13, 15, 32, 64, 65, 66 



Northward spread, Europe, 24; United States, 24 



Nourishment organs, feeding apparatus, 33 



Numbat, See Myrmecobius 



Nursery, area, temperature higher, 20; beds of 

 palas, 21; poison, 12; region, maximum in- 

 crease in heat in, 19, 20 



Nutrition, 6, 35; biology of, 33, 35; degrees com- 

 patibility fungi and termites, 35; needs, 29, 35; 

 organs of, 35; preferential controls production 

 various castes, 7; relationship termites and 

 fungi, 35; sound yellow pine attacked, 35; 

 trophallactic exchanges between sexual and 

 larvae, 35 



Nyctothertts silvestrianus, protozoa, probably un- 

 important in digestion cellulose, 39 



Oak, cork, 21; piles, 17 

 Obituary, 35 

 Obtusitermes bijormis, 37 

 Occultitei-mes occultus, 47 

 Odontotermes (O.), 7, 51 



assamensis, 23 



assmuthi, 9, 15, 21, 48 



badius, 7, 29, 30 



bangalore nsis, 19, 24 



brunneus, var. wallonensis, 19 



chicapenensis, 50 



