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of St. Martha's Hospital ; construction same as preceding one, but 

 nest bigger and overground structure higher. 1 king and 1 queen 

 {the latter 7'5 cm. long) taken, 1-2 feet below level of surround- 

 ing ground. Egg — as well as nursery-chambers in clod of earth 

 containing royal cell (photo 5)." (Assmuth.) 



Bangaloke, 30-10-1911. — " Nest lying by itself in grass-grown 

 part of garden of St. Martha's Hospital. Neither mound, nor 

 cupola, turret or the like visible. The only sign that made me 

 suspect presence of termites, was a portion of ground which in the 

 midst of a luxuriant growth of grass was absolutely bare. Further 

 examination of this area showed several well marked, clay-brown 

 spots, of the size of a saucer to a plate, the surface of which was 

 conspicuously smooth, very slightly convex, and perforated all over. 

 All these sieve-like patches proved to be the outer coverings of under- 

 ground tubes which led downwards either perpendicularly or more 

 •or less obliquely, growing gradually broader towards their base 

 like sugar-loaves ; their depth varied from 1-4.' Fungus-beds 

 had been constructed at the base of all the tubes, the biggest of 

 them in central tube having the comparatively enormous height 

 of 2'. Neai-ly all the fungus-beds showed laterallj?^ curious, deep 

 indentations (photo 6). Royal cell about 3' underground." 

 (Assmuth.) — The strange outer structure of this nest was probably 

 due to its being situated on cultivated ground which would 

 naturally bring about the repeated destruction of any mound 

 raised above ground. 



Bangalore, 20-10-1911. — "Nest with open chimneys if I am 

 not mistaken (workmen had already destroyed upper part of nest 

 when I arrived). Small nest ; fungus-beds 2-3' below ground." 

 (Assmuth.) 



BiNGALOEE, 23-10-1911. — "Termites coming probably from 

 underground nest ; they had during night covered with friable 

 crust of red soil and eaten up dry leaves and bits of wood. Galleries 

 built round about foot of big tree on road outside garden of 

 St. Martha's Hospital." (Assmuth.) 



Bangalore, 27-10-1911. — "Nest under small parapet of bridge 

 built of masonry work, by side of divj drain in garden of 

 St. Martha's Hospital. Build of mound same as in nests examined 

 11-10 and 2-11-1911. Small nest. 1 king and 1 queen taken 

 in royal cell about 2' underground." (Assmuth.) 



HuBLi, 7-10-1911. — " Low mound with open chimneys if I 

 remember right. Stopped only a couple of hours at this station ; 

 therefore no time to dig up whole nest, could take but a small 

 number of termites from upper portion of it." (Assmuth.) 



Krishnarajapuram, 7-11-1911. — " Termites in mound, the 

 common superstructure of which was scarcely more than 1-2' high ; 

 on it were raised many, in all about 30, blunt cones projecting 



