no. 3 



INDEX 



I29 



jeae, 18 



flammifrons, 48 



jormosanus, 20 



gurdaspurensis, 15, 18, 24 



horni, 19 



javanicus, 51 



ktdkprni, 49 



lacustris, 48 



meturensis, 49 



montanus, 48 



nests, 34, 35 



o£«w, 4, 8, 18, 19, 21, 24, 29, 32, 33, 35, 



49. 50, 51 

 parvidens, 23, 48 

 redemanni, 4, 16, 19, 32, 33, 51 

 silvaticus, 23, 48 

 taprobanes, 19 

 wallonensis, 6 

 Odontotermes (Hypoteitnes) obscuriceps, 19, 50, 



51 



Odontoxenus, termitophile, 50, 51 



brevicornis, 51 



butteli, 50 



ceylonicus, 51 



eutermitis, 51 



longesetosus, 50 



paradenyiae, 51 



proximus, 50 



splendidus, 51 



termitophilus, 51 



transfuga, 50 



triarticulatus, 51 

 Ohio, 13, 62, 64; Cincinnati, 32; Cleveland, 32; 



Columbus, 32 

 Oklahoma, 17, 22, 28, 31, 32, 62, 63, 66; Okla- 

 homa City, 43; Ponca City, 25, 67; Tulsa, 25, 

 67 

 Oleaginous antiseptics, 57 



Olfaction, reciprocal attraction between different 

 individuals and density groupings, 26, 41, 42 

 Oligocene, 27, 28, 67 



Ontogeny, terminal nerves in course of, 16, 41 

 Oocytes, 32 

 Ophiotermes, 33 

 Oregon, 37, 43, 44, 63, 65; central, 25, 67; Cor- 



vallis, 24; eastern, 25, 67 

 Organophosphates, 36 

 Oriensubulitermes inanis, 47 



inaniformis, 47 

 Oriental region, 36, 47. See also Indo-Malayan 

 Orientation, temporary, 7 



Orphnaeus brevilabiatus, centipede, predator, 37 

 Orthoptera, development, 30 

 Orthotermes, 33 

 Osmose salts, 53, 57 

 Osage orange, extractives, substance 1, 40; terra - 



hydroosajin, 40 

 Ovaries, mature queen, 32 



Oxygen, toxicity, effect of temperature and ten- 

 sion for protozoa, 38 



Pacific Islands, Western, 23 



Pakistan, 4, 13, 20, 22, 23, 24, 37, 38, 47, 48, 

 60, 62; East, 22, 24, 47, 60, 61; West, 20, 22, 



24, 47, 60, 61 (Hoshiarpur, 4; Lahore, 23, 37; 

 Panjab, 24, 60) 



Palaearctic zoogeographical region, 33, 49, 68 



Palas, nursery beds of, 21 



Pallothyreus, ant, 37 



Panama, 4, 29, 32, 34, 37, 49, 67, 68; Canal 

 Zone, 18, 35, 36, 37, 43, 44, 54, 55, 56, 58, 63, 

 64, 67; rainforest, 25; western, 27 



Paper, asphalt, 20; building, 16; newsprint, 26, 35 



Papua, 8, 21, 24; center distribution, 70; Terri- 

 tory, 70 



Papuan zoogeographical region, 25, 36, 70 



Paracapritermes hesperus, 48 



Paracharon caectis, whipless whipscorpion, 37; in 

 termite nest, predator? 37 



Paradichlorobenzene, n; soil poison, 44 



Paralysis, 11, 37 



Paraneotermes simplicornis, 20 



Parasites, 35-36; control by, 16; control of, 13; 

 ectoparasite, 35; eggs, on, 35; flies, 36; hosts 

 of, 20; mite, 36; nest, white ants, 36 



Parastylotermes calico (fossil), 28 



Parathion, 14, 36, 51; acute oral and dermal 

 dosages compared with DDT, 52; inhibition 

 enzymes, 36 



Paris green, 14; poison bait, applied at time thin- 

 ning cotton, 14 



Parrhinotermes bjiasii, 49 



Parthenogenesis, 8 



Particle board, 56; wood preservatives for, 56, 58 



Particle size, 5; relation to penetration, 5 



Paste on trunks, 15 



Pellets, 22; fossil, 28 



Pennsylvania, 14, 22; Philadelphia, 18, 65 



Pentachlorophenate, sodium, 56 



Pentachlorophenol, 11, 26, 42, 53, 54, 55, 57; 

 dilution affects results, 11; failed, 42; in pe- 

 troleum oil, 55, 56; most effective chemical, 12 



Pericapritermes, 33 



amplignathus, 23, 48 

 chiasognathus, 38 

 machadoi, 49 

 minimus, 50 

 urgens, 38 



Peru, 25, 68 



Pest(s) avocado, 16, 20; citrus, 20; control busi- 

 ness, 15 (cost, 15; operators, 14, 31, 32); grape, 

 20; mango, 21; tea, 20; termites, 3; families as, 

 20; termites as, ignored, 6; wheat, 20 



Pesticides, 14, 16, 32, 39, 45; application of, 14, 

 45; as repellents, 14; chemicals as, 14; regula- 

 tion by U.S. Govt., 32; residues, 39; use with 

 care, 16, 52 



Petroleum oil, No. 2, 55; Wyoming, 55 



pH, fungus combs acidic, 29; value in termite 

 soil higher, 30 



Phenols, wood preservatives, 56 



Phenylalanine, 9 



Phenyl mercury oleate, 55; in naphtha, wood 



preservative, 55 

 Pheromone, ectohormone, secretion, acts through 

 mouth functional reproductives, inhibit produc- 

 tion supplementary reproductives, 41 

 Philippines, 9, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 24, 49, 60, 61, 

 62; Negros, 21 



