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Bangalore, 20-10-1911. — "Nest with typical open cliimneys 

 (photo 9) in garden of Convent of the Good Shepherd. 2 kings and 

 2 queens in royal cell about 2' below surface. Here, as in all 

 nests with open chimneys observed in Bangalore city, a common 

 overground mound was scarcely apparent. The cause of this is 

 in all probability the repeated destruction of the superstructure of 

 nests which are undesirable in gardens ; in the open country, 

 however, the nests have well defined (2-3' high) overground 

 mounds with projecting chimneys (photo 10). " (Assmuth.) 



Bangalore, 25-10-1911. — Nest as above. "Round about royal 

 cell, in hard block of soil, numerous small chambers with eggs and 

 larvas. " (Assmuth.) 



Krishnarajapuram, 6-11-1911. — "Termites in tunnels and 

 galleries constructed on surface of ground over dry wood and 

 leaves." (Assmuth.) 



Note. — This species has been identified by comparison with a 

 type specimen from Wasmann's collection. Though the latter is 

 not yet quite fully coloured and consequently appears somewhat 

 lighter as well as smaller than Assmuth's specimens, still in all 

 other respects they are both so strikingljr alike that I take the 

 identification to be correct. Nevertheless, to settle this point 

 beyond all doubt it would be necessary to make a close study of 

 the respective images. 



Wasmann considers %vallonensis to be a subspecies of 0. obesus. 

 I cannot agree with him in this but am more inclined to group 

 0. wallonensis together with 0. hrunneus ; the former might in my 

 opinion be taken as a subspecies of the latter rather than of ohesus. 

 This view is confirmed by the structure of the nest of both types 

 (wallonensis and hrunneus). 



Odontotermes Feae, Wasm, 



Habitat. — The species was taken in Bombay and surroundings : 

 St. Xavier's College grounds, Borivli, Khandala. 



Collector's Report : — 



Bombay, 20-11-1911. — " Termites taken in garden of our 

 College. The images were just swarming from their nest, at 6*30 

 p.m., about sunset. On a space of 4-5 m. in diameter I observed 

 from 15-20 holes in the surface of the ground, to all appearances 

 newly opened, the biggest of them about as large as a shilling 

 piece. I had so far not had the slightest idea that at this parti- 

 cular spot a termite nest was to be found ; there had been nothing 

 to indicate its presence : the ground was perfectly smooth, and no 

 trace of a mound or any other superstructure was to be noticed. 

 Now I saw the whole area teeming with termites and, strange to 

 say, apart from the winged individuals, they were exclusively 



