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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. I43 



Tarpaulins, 28; plastic films as, 29 



Tarditermes contracolor, 47 



Tax, loss deductibility, 16, 17; greater leniency, 

 16, 17 



Taxifolin extractive, 40 



Taxonomy, 7, 47-50; classification, 47, 49; fossil, 

 27, 28; living, 7, 47; synonymy, 47 



Teak, colonies in dead branches in crown, 6; re- 

 sistant wood, 40 



Tectona grandis, teak, 40 



Tectoquinone not entirely responsible for dura- 

 bility teak, 40 



Teleonomic processes, 25 



Temperature, 8, 50; adjust to, 7, 50; ambient, 20; 

 cold, 7, 50 (stupor, 50); colony, 8; effect on 

 protozoa, 26, 39, 50; heat, 7, 50; in mounds 

 less, 5, 50 (regulation, 50); "nursery" area in 

 living trees, heat increase in, 19, 20, 50; soil, 

 45; variation in, effect, 50; warmer in mounds 

 in winter, 5; winter- or cold-hardy, 50 



Tennessee, 28, 31, 32, 63; Memphis, 43 



Tension, effect on oxygen toxicity for protozoa, 38 



Tenuirostritermes incisus, 20 

 tenuirostris, 26 



Termes feae, 19 

 juhiensis, 36 

 hospes, 7 

 iridipennis, 48 

 lucifugus, 36 

 (C.) maledictus, 23, 48 

 melindae, 48 

 obesus, 20 

 winifred ae, 51 



Termitacarus cuneiformis, white mite, termito- 

 phile, 51 



Termitaria {see also Nests), bacteria of, 3; brush, 

 in, 335 do not communicate directly with ex- 

 ternal air, 30; giant, 26; ingredients of, 9, 30; 

 massive, 34; no fungus garden, 34; no ventila- 

 tion, 30; plains, on, 33; savanna, 33; soil, action 

 on, 34; soil of, 3; walls, air diffused through, 30 



Termite(s), alien in Cubitermes nests, 5; biology, 

 4-8; colonizing, 15; desert, 5; destroyer, the, 

 18; Formosan, 21; French, 26; Hamburg, 7; 

 ignored pests, 6; Japanese, 5; life of, 4-8, 12; 

 numerous, where least and most, 22; origin, 

 probable, 5; persistent, 18; pest, 20; primitive, 5, 

 32; problem, 18; relax, 26; tropical, 19; turn 

 black, 26; types, different, world, 12; war on, 

 12; waterline, 29; whole, extracts of, break 

 down undenatured chitin, 22; winter location, 

 below frost line, 50 



Termite control firms, number, 17 



Termite control operator, cooperation with real 

 estate agencies, 14; "not responsible" for death 

 customer following treatment chlordane, 5 1 ; 

 State license requirements, 31, 32 (cost, 31) 



Termite-proofing, 10, 11, 13; building founda- 

 tions, 11, 13; built in, 14, 58; injures shade 

 trees and shrubs, 20; plywood, 56, 57; textiles, 

 56, 58; treated wood building, Barro Colorado 

 Island, Canal Zone, Panama, 58; wood preser- 

 vation, 53, 54 

 Termiticides. See Soil poisons. 



Termitidae, 5, 7, 22, 25, 30, 31; African, 30; 



culture methods must be developed for, 8; 



humivorous, 30; most primitive, 7 

 Termitina, 27 



Termitinae, 7, 25, 30, 33, 36, 38, 47 

 Termitometopia, (termitophile) styifei, 51 

 Termitomyces, 5; agaric, 29; microcarpus, 7; 



mushroom, 5; source of vitamins, 7; symbiosis, 



7, 29 



Termitomyia, 51 



Termitophiles, commensal, guests, inquilines, 5, 

 7; beetles, 51 (cetonid, 6, 51; chafer, 50; 

 Coprinae, 51; ptinid, 6; staphilinid, 50, 51); 

 birds, 50 (cotinga, 50; jacamar, 50; king- 

 fishers, 50; parrots, 50; puff -birds, 50; trogon, 

 50; classification, 51; cockroach, 50; collem- 

 bolan, 51; distribution, 51; flies, 51 (phorid, 

 51; sarcophagid, 51); Hemipteron, 37; host 

 relationships, 51; insects, morphological classi- 

 fication, 51; mites, 51; phylogeny, 51; relation 

 between intestinal flora and soil, 50; snake eggs, 

 6; solpugid, 51; termites, 51; Triatoma, 51; 

 world, 51; zoogeographical significance, 51 



Termitophilus, 50 



Termitophrya, ciliate infusoria, 38; africana, 38; 

 commensal ciliate infusoria, 38; humus-feeder 

 ciliate, 5 



Termitostroma, termitophile, 51 



Termopsidae, 49 



Test(s), 26; animal, 26; antitermite, 56; field, 

 soil poisons: Australia, 42; Canal Zone, Pan- 

 ama, 44; Georgia, 45; Kansas, 45; Mississippi, 

 43, 44; Purdue Univ., 44; U.S., midwestern, 

 45; Wisconsin, 45; field, wood preservatives, 

 53-59: Australia, 53, 54, 56 (Canberra, 53; 

 Queensland, 54; western, 54); Canal Zone, 

 Panama, 54, 55, 56 (Barro Colorado Island, 

 56, 58); International Termite Exposure, 55: 

 Mississippi, 54, 55, 56; United States, 53-59; 

 laboratory, wood preservatives, 53, 54, 56: 

 Australia, 53, 54, 56; Czechoslovakia, 56; 

 Georgia, 57; Germany, 56; Puerto Rico, 58; 

 new method, 57; textiles, 58 



Testis, king, 16 



Tetrachlorobenzene, 42 



Tetrachlorophenol, 55 



Tetrahydroosajin, 40 



T ' haumatoxena, 51 



Theobroma carao, 21 



Thiodan, carburetted hydrogen gas, 12, 26; toxic 

 effect, 26 



T koracotermes brevinotus, 30, 34 

 lusingensis, 48 

 type, 33 



Texas, 17, 24, 28, 29, 31, 32, 42, 46, 62, 66, 67; 

 city ordinance, 32; forested areas, old, 13; Gal- 

 veston, 32, 66; Houston, 28, 29, 31, 32, 63, 64, 

 65, 66; La Marque, 32, 66; La Porte, 32; 

 Pasadena, 32, 66; San Antonio, 32, Texarkana, 



17 

 Threshold infestations, 13; killings, 57 

 Tibia(e), 33, 46; spurs, 33 

 Ties, railroad, 19 



Tile, floor, removal, 13; replacement, 13 

 Time, duration, appreciation of, 7 



